From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kamalesh Babulal Subject: [BUG] 2.6.27-rc1 - ext4 e2fsck false prompting for fixing i_size of Inode Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:25:21 +0530 Message-ID: <48A28559.1040904@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kernel list , aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from e28smtp02.in.ibm.com ([59.145.155.2]:50621 "EHLO e28esmtp02.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752461AbYHMGzz (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:55:55 -0400 Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, While running e2fsck over the partition which was ext4 mounted, the e2fsck suggest fixing the Inode with the same i_size value as the existing one. The partition is of size 135GB, I created 13 files each of 10GB using dd if=/dev/zero of= bs=1024 count=10485760 and filesystem check on the partition prompts for following fixing /usr/local/e2fsprogs/sbin/e2fsck -fnv /dev/sdb5 e2fsck 1.41.0 (10-Jul-2008) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 12, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 524289, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 655361, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 1835009, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 2490369, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 2621441, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 3801089, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587521, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587522, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587523, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587524, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587525, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587526, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information /dev/sdb5: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors ********** 24 inodes used (0.00%) 1 non-contiguous inode (4.2%) # of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 13/13/13 34689232 blocks used (96.80%) 0 bad blocks 14 large files 13 regular files 2 directories 0 character device files 0 block device files 0 fifos 0 links 0 symbolic links (0 fast symbolic links) 0 sockets -------- 15 files # /usr/local/e2fsprogs/sbin/e2fsck -V e2fsck 1.41.0 (10-Jul-2008) Using EXT2FS Library version 1.41.0, 10-Jul-2008 -- Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL.