If ext4_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.ext4 -r 4 /dev/sdb6 # mount /dev/sdb6 /mnt/test # dmesg | grep "too high" [164919.759248] EXT4-fs (sdb6): revision level too high, forcing read-only mode # grep sdb6 /proc/mounts /dev/sdb6 /mnt/test2 ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0 ^^ Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index e1fb1d5..be67c0b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -3592,7 +3592,8 @@ no_journal: goto failed_mount4; } - ext4_setup_super(sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY); + if (ext4_setup_super(sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) + sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY; /* determine the minimum size of new large inodes, if present */ if (sbi->s_inode_size > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE) { -- 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