Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs FTBFS: allocate inode table wholly within group

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On 7/2/13 3:14 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Building e2fsprogs 1.42.8 on ppc, I got this:
> 
> r_1024_small_bg: ext2 1024 blocksize with small block groups: failed

You can add a RH FTBFS bug to the commit now if you like, 

[Bug 980519] New: FTBFS: self checks failure: Tests failed: r_1024_small_bg

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980519

since Karsten Hopp has now reported it for Rawhide as well.

-Eric


> Because during the resize step it did this:
> 
> Itable move group 1 block 1030->1092 (diff 62)
> 
> but during e2fsck it found:
> 
> /tmp/e2fsprogs-tmp.uiFhgP: Inode table for group 1 is not in group.  (block 1092)
> 
> i.e. from dumpe2fs we can see:
> 
> Group 1: (Blocks 1025-1110)
>   Backup superblock at 1025, Group descriptors at 1026-1026
>   Block bitmap at 1090 (+65), Inode bitmap at 1091 (+66)
>   Inode table at 1092-1123 (+67)
>                       ^^^^ beyond end of block group
> 
> ext2fs_allocate_group_table() currently sends the last block of the
> group as an acceptable *starting* point for the inode table allocation.
> 
> Because the inode table may be several blocks, and must reside wholly
> within the group, move the last acceptable starting block back by this
> amount so that the allocated range cannot extend past the end of the
> group.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> p.s. I *think* this fixes it; I've not convinced myself that the failure
> is 100% deterministic, so extra eyeballs on the patch are welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Eric
> 
> Index: e2fsprogs-1.42.8/lib/ext2fs/alloc_tables.c
> ===================================================================
> --- e2fsprogs-1.42.8.orig/lib/ext2fs/alloc_tables.c
> +++ e2fsprogs-1.42.8/lib/ext2fs/alloc_tables.c
> @@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_allocate_group_table(ex
>  	}
>  
>  	if (!ext2fs_inode_table_loc(fs, group)) {
> +		/* Inode table must fit within group, so adjust last blk */
> +		last_blk -= (fs->inode_blocks_per_group - 1);
> +
>  		retval = ext2fs_get_free_blocks2(fs, group_blk, last_blk,
>  						fs->inode_blocks_per_group,
>  						bmap, &new_blk);
> 
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