https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23772 Summary: oops after mounting ext4 fs in 2.6.36.1 (failed to parse options in superblock) Product: File System Version: 2.5 Kernel Version: 2.6.36.1 Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Tree: Mainline Status: NEW Severity: high Priority: P1 Component: ext4 AssignedTo: fs_ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ReportedBy: fdziarmagowski@xxxxxxxxx Regression: No Created an attachment (id=38222) --> (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=38222) output of tune2fs -l I've just upgraded kernel to 2.6.36.1 and unfortunately some new features in ext4 are deadly for my setup. Mounting an external usb WD disk causes at first some dmesg activity: Nov 25 21:10:01 aquarius kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): Unrecognized mount option "ÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃ." or missing value Nov 25 21:10:01 aquarius kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): failed to parse options in superblock: ÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃ ÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃ. Nov 25 21:10:01 aquarius kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: ÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃ ÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃÃ.; (null) And this is how it looks like with 2.6.35.x: Nov 17 06:43:28 aquarius kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): recovery complete Nov 17 06:43:28 aquarius kernel: EXT4-fs (sdb1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: data=ordered Just after mounting kernel is generating an oops, locking my system completely (sysrq does not work!). There are no special options passed to mount at mount time: /dev/disk/by-label/MyBook /mnt/mybook ext4 noauto 0 0 -- Configure bugmail: https://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