Re: [PATCH] Fix ext3 warning for unused var

[jmerkey <jmerkey@utah-nac.org>]

Al Viro wrote:

>On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 01:53:23PM -0600, jmerkey wrote:
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>>Someone needs to fix fsck.ext3 while they are at it so it doesn't barf 
>>when reading from reisferfs filesystems and return a command return of > 
>>2 during scanning of parttions during bootup. This looks like some sort 
>>of anti-competitive crap and it doesn't belong in fsck.ext3 since 
>>reiserfs is in the kernel.
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>Huh?  WTF are you trying to feed reiserfs to fsck.ext3 and just what do
>you expect it to do?
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If they all use the same on disk formats as their basic structure, fsck 
should not return gt > 1 due to misinterpreting reiser on-disk 
structures. It should say "oh not one of mine, skipping". Instead it 
returns an error claiming massive corruption, and halts the system. I 
just upgraded my wifes computer from Suse to RedHat FC4 and when it hits 
the reiser partitions, the whole system explodes due to fsck.ext3 
misrecognizing reiser partitions. I had to modify rc.sysinit and blank 
the partitions with fdisk to get it to install. After it installed, I 
recreated the partitions (after writing down what they were in the first 
place for block #'s etc.) and disabled rc.sysinit checks. This is 
busted. Hans needs to fix fsck.ext3 and submit a patch or redhat does.

J