Steps: [root]# more /root/largedir i=65000 mkdir /mnt/tmp/test/ cd /mnt/tmp/test/ while [ $i -gt 0 ] do mkdir $i i=$(expr $i - 1) done # /root/largedir # cd /mnt/tmp/test # rm -rf * # cd .. # ls -al drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1380352 Feb 12 07:15 test # e2fsck -fv /dev/sda7 # ls -al drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1380352 Feb 12 07:15 test So e2fsck fix the link count. But the size is not updated. If i try to run the script again, i get EXT4-fs error (device sda7): ext4_find_entry: reading directory #187681 offset 0 attempt to access beyond end of device sda7: rw=32, want=17582522464, limit=19551042 attempt to access beyond end of device sda7: rw=32, want=32620150800, limit=19551042 attempt to access beyond end of device sda7: rw=32, want=32620150800, limit=19551042 Also after running fsstress fsck fails with zero size directory on powerpc. I am finding directories with i_links_count == 1 i_blocks == 0 I missed to check whether the l_i_blocks_hi was having some value. -aneesh - 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