On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 06:56:09PM +0100, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> See i_size_read() comments in include/linux/fs.h
>
> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ext4/super.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 9d15a62..3746f77 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -3798,7 +3798,8 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
> goto cantfind_ext4;
>
> /* check blocks count against device size */
> - blocks_count = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
> + blocks_count = i_size_read(sb->s_bdev->bd_inode) >>
> + sb->s_blocksize_bits;
> if (blocks_count && ext4_blocks_count(es) > blocks_count) {
> ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING, "bad geometry: block count %llu "
> "exceeds size of device (%llu blocks)",
Um, this is at mount time, and we're talking about the i_size of the
block device --- which typically isn't moving around a huge amount.
- Ted
