When the AGGRESSIVE_TEST is enabled, the maximum extent count of inode becomes '3' in ext4_ext_space_root(), but __ext4_ext_check() which is called via ext4_fill_super() checks eh_max is larger '4', therefore we always get -EIO and can not mount ext4. The patch fix this issue. Aug 26 15:43:50 bsd086 kernel: [ 96.070277] EXT4-fs error (device sda8): ext4_ext_check_inode: bad header/extent in inode #8: too large eh_max - magic f30a, entries 1, max 4(3), depth 0(0) Aug 26 15:43:50 bsd086 kernel: [ 96.070526] EXT4-fs (sda8): no journal found Signed-off-by: Akira Fujita <a-fujita@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- extents.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.31-rc4-A/fs/ext4/extents.c 2009-08-26 14:59:47.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.31-rc4-B/fs/ext4/extents.c 2009-08-26 15:45:31.000000000 +0900 @@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ static int ext4_ext_space_root(struct in size -= sizeof(struct ext4_extent_header); size /= sizeof(struct ext4_extent); #ifdef AGGRESSIVE_TEST - if (size > 3) - size = 3; + if (size > 4) + size = 4; #endif return size; } -- 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