The goal inode is specificed by inode number which belongs to [1; s_inodes_count]. Signed-off-by: Johann Lombardi <johann@xxxxxxx> -- diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c index 2f64573..29e6dc7 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c @@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ struct inode *ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir, int mode, if (!goal) goal = sbi->s_inode_goal; - if (goal && goal < le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) { + if (goal && goal <= le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) { group = (goal - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb); ino = (goal - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb); ret2 = 0; -- 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