http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15391 Summary: EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23 causes ext4 partition to be mounted as ext2 Product: File System Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: 2.6.33 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P1 Component: ext4 AssignedTo: fs_ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: alecm@xxxxxxx Regression: No After setting "Use ext4 for ext2/ext3 file systems" and rebooting, my root filesystem gets mounted as ext2. When the option is disabled, everything works as expected. Here are some relevant output: $ grep ext[24] /etc/fstab /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime 1 2 /dev/sda5 / ext4 noatime 0 1 $ mount | grep ext[24] /dev/root on / type ext2 (rw,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered) /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw,noatime) $ dmesg | grep -i ext[24] EXT4-fs (sda5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly on device 259:131072. EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem without journal $ uname -a Linux tux 2.6.33 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Feb 24 16:00:09 EST 2010 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5300 @ 1.73GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- 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