"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 07:52:23PM +0000, Sean Neakums wrote: >> Just now I ran tune2fs -j on the root filesystem of a box running >> 2.6.0-test8. Then I edited /etc/fstab and changed the FS type to from >> ext2 to ext3, saved the file, and invoked vim on the file again. A >> few moments after this, the box hung. Unfortunately X was running at >> the time, and so I don't have any messages to cite. >> >> Is this a known problem? > > This is the first time anyone has reported anything like this. All > tune2fs -j does on a mounted filesystem is to create a normal file > (which is used for the journal), mark it immutable, and the modify the > superblock to set the has_journal flag and set the journal inode > number. None of this should cause a kernel hang. I was rather taken aback myself. > What version of e2fsprogs/tune2fs were you using? tune2fs -V reports "tune2fs 1.35-WIP (21-Aug-2003)" Obtained from Debian package e2fsprogs version 1.34+1.35-WIP-2003.08.21-3. _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
