Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:48:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:48:12 -0500 Received: from [216.184.166.130] ([216.184.166.130]:36700 "EHLO scsoftware.sc-software.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:47:58 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 11:46:20 +0000 ( ) From: John Heil To: Ian Wehrman cc: mhaque@haque.net, adilger@turbolinux.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: EXT2-fs error In-Reply-To: <20010223131205.A10434@wehrman.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, Ian Wehrman wrote: > Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:12:05 -0600 > From: Ian Wehrman > To: mhaque@haque.net, adilger@turbolinux.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: EXT2-fs error > > Mohammad A. Haque wrote: > > I got the following after compiling/rebooting into 2.4.2 and forcing a > > fsck. > > > > EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,3)): ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory > > #508411: rec_len is smaller than minimal - offset=0, inode=0, rec_len=0, > > name_len=0 > > EXT2-fs error (device ide0(3,3)): ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory > > #508411: rec_len is smaller than minimal - offset=0, inode=0, rec_len=0, > > name_len=0 > > > > Possibly the result of the 'silent' bug in 2.4.1? > > you are not the only one who found this bug. immediately after booting 2.4.2 i > received dozens of these errors, resulting in _major_ filesystem corruption. In contrast perhaps, 2.4.1-ac19 seems clean so far in this regard after having some different but equivalently bad corruption in 2.4.1-final. > after a half hour of fsck'ing i managed to bring the machine back into a usable > state, but there are still many files and directories around the fs that have > the wrong uid/gid associated with them, as well as incorrect file type, > permissions, etc. i'm not using any unusual hardware, and haven't had any > other recent issues like this. let me know if i can provide further information, > or test patches. > > thanks, > ian wehrman > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- John Heil South Coast Software Custom systems software for UNIX and IBM MVS mainframes 1-714-774-6952 kerndev@sc-software.com johnhscs@sc-software.com http://www.sc-software.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/