If ext3_setup_super() fails i.e. due to a too-high revision, the error is logged in dmesg but the fs is not mounted RO as indicated. Tested by: # mkfs.ext3 -r 4 /dev/sdb6 # mount /dev/sdb6 /mnt/test # dmesg | grep "too high" [164152.114551] EXT3-fs (sdb6): error: revision level too high, forcing read-only mode # grep sdb6 /proc/mounts /dev/sdb6 /mnt/test2 ext3 rw,seclabel,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 ^^ Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c index cf0b592..fef7af2 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/super.c +++ b/fs/ext3/super.c @@ -2043,7 +2043,8 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) goto failed_mount3; } - ext3_setup_super (sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY); + if (ext3_setup_super(sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) + sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY; EXT3_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT3_ORPHAN_FS; ext3_orphan_cleanup(sb, es); -- 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