Re: Kernel 3.3.8 breaks accidental ext3 mount of extended partition

[Torsten Hilbrich <torsten.hilbrich@secunet.com>]

Am 19.06.2012 19:43, schrieb Jeff Moyer:

[...]

> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index 838a9cf..769b30b 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ init_page_buffers(struct page *page, struct block_device *bdev,
>  			bh->b_blocknr = block;
>  			if (uptodate)
>  				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> -			if (block < end_block)
> +			if (block <= end_block)
>  				set_buffer_mapped(bh);
>  		}
>  		block++;

I can confirm that this patch fixes the problem for my test case too.
Here is the kernel output when performing the mount operation:

attempt to access beyond end of device
sda4: rw=0, want=4, limit=2
EXT3-fs (sda4): error: unable to read superblock

	Torsten