Re: kernel BUG at fs/reiser4/plugin/item/ctail.c

[Edward Shishkin <edward.shishkin@gmail.com>]

Dushan Tcholich wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Edward Shishkin
> <edward.shishkin@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Dushan Tcholich wrote:
>>     
>>> Would it be possible if there would be a new version of fsck.reiser4
>>> to fix those false positives about wrong size when checking
>>> cryptocompress partitions?
>>>
>>>       
>> Yes,  per-file warnings about wrong i_bytes should be suppressed.
>> Fsck just should report at the end of work in default mode, that N wrong
>> i_bytes were detected and suggest to fix it with --fix option.
>> Anyone care to try to make a patch?
>>
>>     
> But what happens with systems with ccreg and fsck on boot? They would
> stop and wait for user interaction.
>   

Why?
Do you have any problems with boot?

> Or you meant just to print a message about it with recomended solution
> and continue.
>   

Everything should be the same except per-file warnings.

> I'd like to make a patch but dunno how :)
>
>   
>>> There are some users that reported those and it's not comforting when
>>> your fs spews thousands of errors, even when someone tells you they're
>>> false.
>>>
>>> Oh and what about making cryptocompress default format on mkfs.reiser4 ?
>>>
>>>       
>> mm.. not sure. First, fsck should be fixed to remove unprepped items.
>>     
> Ofcourse.
>
>   
>> Mr. Tao, do you still have partitions that make fsck segfault?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Edward.
>>
>>     
> Dushan
>
>