If the block group checksums are corrupted, still allow the mount to succeed, so e2fsck can have a chance to try to fix things up. Add code in the remount r/w path to make sure the block group checksums are valid before allowing the filesystem to be remounted read/write. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 1cb371d..137b649 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -1626,7 +1626,8 @@ static int ext4_check_descriptors(struct super_block *sb) "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 (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) + return 0; } if (!flexbg_flag) first_block += EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(sb); @@ -2961,6 +2962,7 @@ static int ext4_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data) ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count = 0; unsigned long old_sb_flags; struct ext4_mount_options old_opts; + ext4_group_t g; int err; #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA int i; @@ -3039,6 +3041,26 @@ static int ext4_remount (struct super_block * sb, int * flags, char * data) } /* + * Make sure the group descriptor checksums + * are sane. If they aren't, refuse to + * remount r/w. + */ + for (g = 0; g < sbi->s_groups_count; g++) { + struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = + ext4_get_group_desc(sb, g, NULL); + + if (!ext4_group_desc_csum_verify(sbi, g, gdp)) { + printk(KERN_ERR + "EXT4-fs: ext4_remount: " + "Checksum for group %lu failed (%u!=%u)\n", + g, le16_to_cpu(ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, g, gdp)), + le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_checksum)); + err = -EINVAL; + goto restore_opts; + } + } + + /* * If we have an unprocessed orphan list hanging * around from a previously readonly bdev mount, * require a full umount/remount for now. -- 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