Re: 2.4: "access beyond end of device" after ext2 mount

[Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo.tosatti@cyclades.com>]

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 01:37:08PM +0100, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 06:45:26AM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> 
> > > I suppose that what happens is the following:
> > > mounting sets the blocksize to 4096.
> > > After reading 9992360 sectors, reading the next block means reading
> > > the next 8 sectors and that fails because only 6 sectors are left.
> > 
> > So this is either not a Linux error and not a disk error, its just that the
> > "use with filesystem" then "direct access" is a unfortunate combination.
> 
> It is not a disk error, but I consider it a Linux error.

OK.

> > What would be the correct fix for this for this, if any?
> 
> For 2.4 my reaction would be to say that it is a known property
> of the system, possibly less fortunate, an unimportant flaw.

This seems to be harmless, so, better do nothing about it.

> Of course a fix is possible if this is deemed important for some reason.
> 
> > v2.6 should suffer from the same issues?
> 
> I don't think so. But 2.6 details are rather different.

OK!