ext3 file system was by default ignoring errors and continuing. This is not a good default as continuing on error could lead to file system corruption. Change the default to mark the file system readonly. Debian and ubuntu already does this as the default in their fstab. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext3/super.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c index 0bfd3dc..6cfdd06 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/super.c +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c @@ -575,16 +575,16 @@ static int ext3_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs) le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid) != EXT3_DEF_RESGID) { seq_printf(seq, ",resgid=%u", sbi->s_resgid); } - if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) { + if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) { int def_errors = le16_to_cpu(es->s_errors); if (def_errors == EXT3_ERRORS_PANIC || - def_errors == EXT3_ERRORS_RO) { - seq_puts(seq, ",errors=continue"); + def_errors == EXT3_ERRORS_CONTINUE) { + seq_puts(seq, ",errors=remount-ro"); } } - if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) - seq_puts(seq, ",errors=remount-ro"); + if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) + seq_puts(seq, ",errors=continue"); if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC)) seq_puts(seq, ",errors=panic"); if (test_opt(sb, NO_UID32)) @@ -1578,10 +1578,10 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT3_ERRORS_PANIC) set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_PANIC); - else if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT3_ERRORS_RO) - set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_RO); - else + else if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT3_ERRORS_CONTINUE) set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_CONT); + else + set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_RO); sbi->s_resuid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resuid); sbi->s_resgid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid); -- 1.5.3.4.319.gdd817-dirty - 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