From: akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: + ext3-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error.patch added to -mm tree Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:33:28 -0700 Message-ID: <200710252133.l9PLXSVq025088@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Cc: aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, cebbert@redhat.com, davej@codemonkey.org.uk, jack@ucw.cz, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, sandeen@redhat.com To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:40038 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753467AbXJYVeJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:34:09 -0400 Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org The patch titled ext3: change the default behaviour on error has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext3-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ext3: change the default behaviour on error From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" ext3 file system was by default ignoring errors and continuing. This is not a good default as continuing on error could lead to file system corruption. Change the default to mark the file system readonly. Debian and ubuntu already does this as the default in their fstab. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V Cc: Cc: Eric Sandeen Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Dave Jones Cc: Chuck Ebbert Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/ext3/super.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext3/super.c~ext3-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error fs/ext3/super.c --- a/fs/ext3/super.c~ext3-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error +++ a/fs/ext3/super.c @@ -575,16 +575,16 @@ static int ext3_show_options(struct seq_ le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid) != EXT3_DEF_RESGID) { seq_printf(seq, ",resgid=%u", sbi->s_resgid); } - if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) { + if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) { int def_errors = le16_to_cpu(es->s_errors); if (def_errors == EXT3_ERRORS_PANIC || - def_errors == EXT3_ERRORS_RO) { - seq_puts(seq, ",errors=continue"); + def_errors == EXT3_ERRORS_CONTINUE) { + seq_puts(seq, ",errors=remount-ro"); } } - if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) - seq_puts(seq, ",errors=remount-ro"); + if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) + seq_puts(seq, ",errors=continue"); if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC)) seq_puts(seq, ",errors=panic"); if (test_opt(sb, NO_UID32)) @@ -1559,10 +1559,10 @@ static int ext3_fill_super (struct super if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT3_ERRORS_PANIC) set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_PANIC); - else if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT3_ERRORS_RO) - set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_RO); - else + else if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT3_ERRORS_CONTINUE) set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_CONT); + else + set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_RO); sbi->s_resuid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resuid); sbi->s_resgid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com are ext2-return-after-ext2_error-in-case-of-failures.patch ext2-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error.patch ext4-return-after-ext4_error-in-case-of-failures.patch ext3-return-after-ext3_error-in-case-of-failures.patch ext3-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error.patch ext2-fix-the-max-file-size-for-ext2-file-system.patch ext3-fix-the-max-file-size-for-ext3-file-system.patch