From: Alexander Beregalov Subject: Re: 2.6.29-git: cannot mount ext4/loop Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 11:42:17 +0400 Message-ID: References: <20090401225351.GA22621@orion> <20090402055356.GC10642@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: Theodore Tso , Jens Axboe , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f165.google.com ([209.85.219.165]:44623 "EHLO mail-ew0-f165.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765729AbZDBHmU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Apr 2009 03:42:20 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20090402055356.GC10642@mit.edu> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2009/4/2 Theodore Tso : > On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 02:53:51AM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 01:23:28AM +0400, Alexander Beregalov wrote: >> > Hi Theodore, Jens >> > >> > kernel is 2.6.29-07099-g8b53ef3 >> > >> > Mount failed: >> > >> > EXT4-fs: barriers enabled >> > kjournald2 starting: pid 1867, dev loop0:8, commit interval 5 seco= nds >> > EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_iget: block reference 270322892= 8 >=3D >> > max (524288) in inode #2, offset=3D0 >> > EXT4-fs: get root inode failed >> > EXT4-fs (device loop0): mount failed > > I don't get this failure in a Linux 2.6 kernel based off of 5d80f8e5 > with the )now upstream) ext4 patches merged in. =C2=A0I'm guessing so= metime > between v2.6.29-3652-g5d80f8e and 2.6.29-07099-g8b53ef3 a regression > was introduced into the loop driver? It is sparc host again. 2.6.29-06608-g15f7176 worked fine. There was one commit to loop.c: 53d66608 (loop: add ioctl to resize a loop device) and ext4 git pull. I wil try to revert it and probably bisect. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html