2017-09-14 10:23:08

by Simon Ruderich

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Subject: [PATCH] ext4: mention noload when recovering on read-only device

Help the user to find the appropriate mount option to continue mounting
the file system on a read-only device if the journal requires recovery.

Signed-off-by: Simon Ruderich <[email protected]>
---
Hello,

I tried to mount an ext4 which required recovery from a read-only
device and stumbled over this error. I freaked out for a second
(trying to restore from a backup) and it took me a (short) while
to figure out what to do and I thought it would be useful to give
the user a hand by pointing to the required mount option.

Regards
Simon

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 d61a70e2193a..f497b79da5cc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4589,7 +4589,8 @@ static int ext4_load_journal(struct super_block *sb,
"required on readonly filesystem");
if (really_read_only) {
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "write access "
- "unavailable, cannot proceed");
+ "unavailable, cannot proceed "
+ "(try mounting with noload)");
return -EROFS;
}
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "write access will "
--
2.14.1

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2017-10-18 17:10:07

by Theodore Ts'o

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: mention noload when recovering on read-only device

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:23:06PM +0200, Simon Ruderich wrote:
> Help the user to find the appropriate mount option to continue mounting
> the file system on a read-only device if the journal requires recovery.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Ruderich <[email protected]>

Applied, thanks.

- Ted