2.4.16-pre1 : e2fsck, File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

2.4.16-pre1 : e2fsck, File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

[Jean-Luc Coulon]

Hi, 

I've two partitions. /dev/hda1 where I can boot 2.2.20 or 2.4.16-pre1,
/dev/hda3 
with only 2.4.16-pre1.

When I boot 2.2 one the first one and I try a e2fsck on the second one,
I get :

[root@debian-f5ibh] ~ # e2fsck -f /dev/hda3
e2fsck 1.25 (20-Sep-2001)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/hda3: 79176/250368 files (1.5% non-contiguous), 277317/500023
blocks


Now, if I boot 2.4.16-pre1, I have the following :

e2fsck 1.25 (20-Sep-2001)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/hda3: 79176/250368 files (1.5% non-contiguous), 277317/500023
blocks
File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

I tried a e1fsck -f /dev/hda1 from 2.4.16-pre1, I get :

[root@debian-f5ibh] ~ # e2fsck -f /dev/hda1
e2fsck 1.25 (20-Sep-2001)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Special (device/socket/fifo) inode 1342156 has non-zero size.  Fix<y>?
yes

File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

If I do the e2fsck from 2.2.20, all is right and the sero-sized inod is
fixed.

Does anybody is interested by the core  ;-)
---------
Regards
		jean-Luc

Re: 2.4.16-pre1 : e2fsck, File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

[Andreas Dilger]

On Nov 25, 2001  14:14 +0100, Jean-Luc Coulon wrote:
> I've two partitions. /dev/hda1 where I can boot 2.2.20 or 2.4.16-pre1,
> /dev/hda3 with only 2.4.16-pre1.
> 
> Now, if I boot 2.4.16-pre1, I have the following :
> 
> e2fsck 1.25 (20-Sep-2001)
> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
> Pass 4: Checking reference counts
> Pass 5: Checking group summary information
> /dev/hda3: 79176/250368 files (1.5% non-contiguous), 277317/500023
> blocks
> File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

This is a kernel bug.  It can be avoided by running as a user with no
filesystem limits.  Note that _any_ call to "ulimit" is currently
broken, especially "ulimit -f unlimited", which will actually impose
a 2GB file limit on the block device.  Remove any "ulimit" statements
from the system startup or root .bash* scripts, and you should be OK.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/