From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> We are spending a lot of time explaining to users what this error means. Let's try to improve the message to avoid this problem. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: sam-the-6 <asadi.samuel@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index 7f72f50..2dcb936 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -752,8 +752,8 @@ void ext4_mb_generate_buddy(struct super_block *sb, if (free != grp->bb_free) { ext4_grp_locked_error(sb, group, 0, 0, - "%u clusters in bitmap, %u in gd; " - "block bitmap corrupt.", + "block bitmap and bg descriptor " + "inconsistent: %u vs %u free clusters", free, grp->bb_free); /* * If we intend to continue, we consider group descriptor -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html