Hello, Because ext4_check_descriptors is called at mount time you can't use ext4_error as it calls ext4_commit_sb, which since the sb isn't all the way initialized causes bad things to happen (ie a panic). This patch changes the ext4_error's to printk's to keep this problem from happening. Thanks much, Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <jbacik@xxxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext4/super.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext4/super.c +++ linux-2.6/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -1543,36 +1543,33 @@ static int ext4_check_descriptors(struct block_bitmap = ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp); if (block_bitmap < first_block || block_bitmap > last_block) { - ext4_error (sb, "ext4_check_descriptors", - "Block bitmap for group %lu" - " not in group (block %llu)!", - i, block_bitmap); + printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: " + "Block bitmap for group %lu not in group " + "(block %llu)!", i, block_bitmap); return 0; } inode_bitmap = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, gdp); if (inode_bitmap < first_block || inode_bitmap > last_block) { - ext4_error (sb, "ext4_check_descriptors", - "Inode bitmap for group %lu" - " not in group (block %llu)!", - i, inode_bitmap); + printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: " + "Inode bitmap for group %lu not in group " + "(block %llu)!", i, inode_bitmap); return 0; } inode_table = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp); if (inode_table < first_block || inode_table + sbi->s_itb_per_group - 1 > last_block) { - ext4_error (sb, "ext4_check_descriptors", - "Inode table for group %lu" - " not in group (block %llu)!", - i, inode_table); + printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: " + "Inode table for group %lu not in group " + "(block %llu)!", i, inode_table); return 0; } if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sbi, i, gdp)) { - ext4_error(sb, __func__, - "Checksum for group %lu failed (%u!=%u)\n", - i, le16_to_cpu(ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, i, - gdp)), le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_checksum)); + printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: ext4_check_descriptors: " + "Checksum for group %lu failed (%u!=%u)\n", + i, le16_to_cpu(ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, i, + gdp)), le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_checksum)); return 0; } if (!flexbg_flag) -- 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