Re: [PATCH] libext2fs: use proper functions to set/clear block group flags

[Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>]

Eric Sandeen wrote:
> As Justin & Ric reported, something like this on a
> 22T (sparse) bigfile:
> 
> 	e2fsprogs/misc/mke2fs -E lazy_itable_init=1 \
> 			      -O uninit_bg -b 4096 bigfile
> 	mount -o loop bigfile mnt/
> 	for I in `seq 1 5`; do mkdir mnt/$I; done
> 	umount mnt/
> 	e2fsprogs/e2fsck/e2fsck -f bigfile
> 
> would give us corrupted block group checksums:
> 
> 	<other problems related to uninit snipped>
> 	One or more block group descriptor checksums are invalid.  Fix<y>? yes
> 
> 	Group descriptor 6301 checksum is invalid.  FIXED.
> 	Group descriptor 7799 checksum is invalid.  FIXED.
> 
> There wer=re a few places which accessed bg_flags directly 
> rather than using the helper functions; fixing these seems
> to resolve the problem.

Well, it resolves that problem, but further testing reveals another
lurking behind it, so expect more patches ;)

-Eric