From: Toshiyuki Okajima <toshi.okajima@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This problem is originated from the one message which has two meanings. Meanings are: - File offset used by: ext4_readdir, htree_dirblock_to_tree, search_dirblock, ext4_dx_find_entry, empty_dir - Buffer offset used by: add_dirent_to_buf, ext4_delete_entry To solve this, there is the method how we change the meaning of add_dirent_to_buf() and ext4_delete_entry() but it is not easy to change. But we can solve this problem easily if we unify the meanings into "Buffer offset". So, instead of "File Offset" meaning, we add the block number information to this message. --- Examples --- Original: EXT4-fs error (device loop0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory \ #12: rec_len is too small for name_len - offset=12288, inode=216, rec_len=12,\ name_len=11 Change: EXT4-fs error (device loop0): htree_dirblock_to_tree: bad entry in directory \ #12: rec_len is too small for name_len - block_nr=78:offset=0, inode=216, \ rec_len=12, name_len=11 Signed-off-by: Toshiyuki Okajima <toshi.okajima@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- fs/ext4/dir.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -Nurp linux-2.6.32-rc7.org/fs/ext4/dir.c linux-2.6.32-rc7/fs/ext4/dir.c --- linux-2.6.32-rc7.org/fs/ext4/dir.c 2009-11-13 09:46:07.000000000 +0900 +++ linux-2.6.32-rc7/fs/ext4/dir.c 2009-11-19 18:32:31.000000000 +0900 @@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ int ext4_check_dir_entry(const char *fun if (error_msg != NULL) ext4_error(dir->i_sb, function, - "bad entry in directory #%lu: %s - " + "bad entry in directory #%lu: %s - block_nr=%llu:" "offset=%u, inode=%u, rec_len=%d, name_len=%d", - dir->i_ino, error_msg, offset, + dir->i_ino, error_msg, + (u64)bh->b_blocknr, (u32)(offset%bh->b_size), le32_to_cpu(de->inode), rlen, de->name_len); return error_msg == NULL ? 1 : 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