The ext4_error() function is missing a call to save_error_info(). Since this is the function which marks the file system as containing an error, this oversight (which was introduced in 2.6.36) is quite significant, and should be backported to older stable kernels with high urgency. Reported-by: Ken Sumrall <ksumrall@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: ksumrall@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx --- fs/ext4/super.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 9f1ae6b..b8d5fc1 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ void __ext4_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function, printk(KERN_CRIT "EXT4-fs error (device %s): %s:%d: comm %s: %pV\n", sb->s_id, function, line, current->comm, &vaf); va_end(args); + save_error_info(sb, function, line); ext4_handle_error(sb); } -- 1.7.10.2.552.gaa3bb87 -- 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
