Re: [PATCH] [RESEND] ext3: set i_extra_isize of 11th inode

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On 2010-08-25, at 17:04, Jan Kara wrote:
>> What size is the inode ? This problem happens if the size is larger than 128 byte. (I tested at 256 byte inode.)
> 
> Ah, that was the reason. Thanks. But looking at the implications, I'm a bit
> reluctant to do the change you propose. If someone has a filesystem created
> by old mkfs, he could suddently see corrupted xattrs in his lost+found
> directory with the new kernel. Not that there would be a big chance this
> happens but people run various strange environments...

The fix to e2fsck for this issue has been around for a long time, AFAIK.  It was only needed in the kernel while the broken mke2fs was in wide use, and before a fixed e2fsck was available.


Cheers, Andreas





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