mke2fs -m option can set reserved blocks ratio up to 50%.
But if the last BG is not big enough to support the necessary data
structures, reserved blocks ratio can exceed 50%
and we never succeed in e2fsck with that FS.
This bug happens on ext2, ext3 and ext4.
To fix this, the patch recalculates reserved blocks count
if FS blocks count is changed in mke2fs because of
the last BG's size.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create a FS which has the overhead for the last BG
and specify 50 % for reserved blocks ratio
# mke2fs -m 50 -t ext4 DEV 1025M
mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
warning: 256 blocks unused.
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
656640 inodes, 2621440 blocks
1310848 blocks (50.00%) reserved for the super user
~~~~~~~ <-- Reserved blocks exceed 50% of FS blocks count!
2. e2fsck outputs filesystem corruption
# e2fsck DEV
e2fsck 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
Corruption found in superblock. (r_blocks_count = 1310848).
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 32768 <device>
Signed-off-by: Akira Fujita <[email protected]>
---
lib/ext2fs/initialize.c | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
index 5a6f8ea..3567722 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_initialize(const char *name, int flags,
unsigned reserved_inos;
char *buf = 0;
char c;
+ double reserved_ratio;
if (!param || !ext2fs_blocks_count(param))
return EXT2_ET_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
@@ -391,6 +392,14 @@ ipg_retry:
if (rem && (rem < overhead+50)) {
ext2fs_blocks_count_set(super, ext2fs_blocks_count(super) -
rem);
+ /*
+ * If blocks count is changed, we need to recalculate
+ * reserved blocks count not to exceed 50%.
+ */
+ reserved_ratio = 100.0 * ext2fs_r_blocks_count(param) /
+ ext2fs_blocks_count(param);
+ ext2fs_r_blocks_count_set(super, reserved_ratio *
+ ext2fs_blocks_count(super) / 100.0);
goto retry;
}
Hi Ted,
Could you check this patch?
(2012/08/30 20:16), Akira Fujita wrote:
> mke2fs -m option can set reserved blocks ratio up to 50%.
> But if the last BG is not big enough to support the necessary data
> structures, reserved blocks ratio can exceed 50%
> and we never succeed in e2fsck with that FS.
> This bug happens on ext2, ext3 and ext4.
>
> To fix this, the patch recalculates reserved blocks count
> if FS blocks count is changed in mke2fs because of
> the last BG's size.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Create a FS which has the overhead for the last BG
> and specify 50 % for reserved blocks ratio
> # mke2fs -m 50 -t ext4 DEV 1025M
>
> mke2fs 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
> warning: 256 blocks unused.
>
> Filesystem label=
> OS type: Linux
> Block size=4096 (log=2)
> Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
> Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
> 656640 inodes, 2621440 blocks
> 1310848 blocks (50.00%) reserved for the super user
> ~~~~~~~ <-- Reserved blocks exceed 50% of FS blocks count!
>
> 2. e2fsck outputs filesystem corruption
> # e2fsck DEV
>
> e2fsck 1.42.5 (29-Jul-2012)
> Corruption found in superblock. (r_blocks_count = 1310848).
>
> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
> filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
> filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
> e2fsck -b 32768 <device>
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Akira Fujita <[email protected]>
> ---
> lib/ext2fs/initialize.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
> index 5a6f8ea..3567722 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/initialize.c
> @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_initialize(const char *name, int flags,
> unsigned reserved_inos;
> char *buf = 0;
> char c;
> + double reserved_ratio;
>
> if (!param || !ext2fs_blocks_count(param))
> return EXT2_ET_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
> @@ -391,6 +392,14 @@ ipg_retry:
> if (rem && (rem < overhead+50)) {
> ext2fs_blocks_count_set(super, ext2fs_blocks_count(super) -
> rem);
> + /*
> + * If blocks count is changed, we need to recalculate
> + * reserved blocks count not to exceed 50%.
> + */
> + reserved_ratio = 100.0 * ext2fs_r_blocks_count(param) /
> + ext2fs_blocks_count(param);
> + ext2fs_r_blocks_count_set(super, reserved_ratio *
> + ext2fs_blocks_count(super) / 100.0);
>
> goto retry;
> }
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--
Akira Fujita <[email protected]>
The First Fundamental Software Development Group,
Platform Division, NEC Software Tohoku, Ltd.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:05:06AM +0900, Akira Fujita wrote:
> Hi Ted,
>
> Could you check this patch?
My apologies, I forgot to send an ACK that this patch had been
accepted. It's in the e2fsprogs repository as commit 321649c9f49:
"mke2fs: recalculate the reserved blocks when the last BG is
dropped". (I reworded the commit description slightly.)
The commit was added to the e2fsprogs repository on September 7th, and
was pushed out a few days later.
Thanks for noticing the problem and submitting the patch!
- Ted