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Subject: [Bug 216714] New: Issue with file system image created with mke2fs parameter -E offset
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 23:41:52 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-216714-13602@https.bugzilla.kernel.org/> (raw)

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216714

            Bug ID: 216714
           Summary: Issue with file system image created with mke2fs
                    parameter -E offset
           Product: File System
           Version: 2.5
    Kernel Version: Linux 5.4.0-131-generic
          Hardware: Intel
                OS: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: ext4
          Assignee: fs_ext4@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
          Reporter: tmahmud@iastate.edu
        Regression: No

Overview:
We encountered an issue while using e2fsck to check the file system image
created with the command “mke2fs -t ext4 -E offset=10”.
The issue was observed in e2fsprogs 1.46.5 and 1.45.6. 

According to the manpage of mke2fs, the parameter “-E offset”  is used to
create the file system at an offset from the beginning of the device or file.
This can be useful when creating disk images for virtual machines. No range is
specified for this parameter. 

Below are the steps to reproduce:

truncate -s 500M image
mke2fs -t ext4 -E offset=10 image 500M
e2fsck -yf image

mke2fs output log:
mke2fs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
Discarding device blocks: done                            
Creating filesystem with 512000 1k blocks and 128016 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 6154bed2-c92b-45fe-b6db-97192ae46155
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
        8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729, 204801, 221185, 401409

Allocating group tables: done                            
Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (8192 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done


e2fsck output log:
e2fsck 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block
e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open image

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
    e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
 or
    e2fsck -b 32768 <device>

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