Set the journals JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT on devices with more than 32bit block sizes during mount time. This ensure proper record lenth when writing to the journal. Signed-off-by: Jose R. Santos <jrs@xxxxxxxxxx> --- .pc/ext4-set_64-bit_JBD_incompat.patch/fs/ext4/super.c 2007-05-31 22:25:21.843984697 -0500 +++ fs/ext4/super.c 2007-05-31 22:26:14.913670672 -0500 @@ -1824,6 +1824,17 @@ static int ext4_fill_super (struct super goto failed_mount3; } + /* + * Make sure to set JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT on filesystems + * with more that 32-bit block counts + */ + if(es->s_blocks_count_hi) + if (!jbd2_journal_set_features(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, 0, 0, + JBD2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT)){ + printk(KERN_ERR "ext4: Failed to set 64-bit journal feature\n"); + goto failed_mount4; + } + /* We have now updated the journal if required, so we can * validate the data journaling mode. */ switch (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS)) { Thanks -JRS - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html