Passing the "-E resize=NNN" option to mke2fs sets the resize_inode feature. However, resize_inode and meta_bg are mutually exclusive (and the feature flag parser enforces this); therefore, we shouldn't allow resize_inode to sneak in the back door like this. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- misc/mke2fs.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c index 6e709b9..ce3c696 100644 --- a/misc/mke2fs.c +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c @@ -2448,6 +2448,17 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) } fs->progress_ops = &ext2fs_numeric_progress_ops; + /* We can't have resize_inode sneak in via resize= on a meta_bg fs. */ + if (!quiet && + EXT2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, + EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG) && + fs->super->s_reserved_gdt_blocks > 0) { + printf(_("Reserving GDT blocks (resize_inode) is not possible " + "with the meta_bg feature.\nThey cannot be enabled " + "simultaneously.\n")); + exit(1); + } + /* Check the user's mkfs options for metadata checksumming */ if (!quiet && EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, -- 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