Re: [PATCH] make ext4_valid_block_bitmap() more verbose

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On 11/12/10 5:26 PM, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> The real issue we want to debug with the patch below actually came up while 
> stress testing Lustre using the RHEL5.5 kernel (so 2.6.32'ish ext4), but a 
> more verbose error function should not hurt for vanilla ext4 either.
> 
> make ext4_valid_block_bitmap() more verbose
> 
> While running our stress test suite, ext4_valid_block_bitmap() 
> frequently complains about an invalid block bitmap.
> However, e2fsck does not find anything. So in oder to be able
> to better debug this issue, make the function more verbose and 
> let it complain about the two possible invalid bitmaps.

Making a raw e2image of the problematic filesystem would let us take a
look at why e2fsck isn't finding problems; unless you plan to fix that
yourself as well, which is just fine of course.  :)

-Eric
 
> Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bschubert@xxxxxxx>
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