If the UUID field is NULL, e2fsck will try to generate and set a new UUID. This will cause massive problems if the metadata_csum feature is set, so avoid doing so in that case. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- e2fsck/super.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/e2fsck/super.c b/e2fsck/super.c index e09c14c..dec70bd 100644 --- a/e2fsck/super.c +++ b/e2fsck/super.c @@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ void check_super_block(e2fsck_t ctx) * if the id changes under the kernel remounting rw may fail. */ if (!(ctx->options & E2F_OPT_READONLY) && uuid_is_null(sb->s_uuid) && + !ext2fs_has_feature_metadata_csum(ctx->fs->super) && (!csum_flag || !(ctx->mount_flags & EXT2_MF_MOUNTED))) { if (fix_problem(ctx, PR_0_ADD_UUID, &pctx)) { uuid_generate(sb->s_uuid); -- 2.5.0 -- 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