2.6.27-rc1 - ext4 e2fsck false prompting for fixing i_size of Inode
Hi,
While running e2fsck over the partition which was ext4 mounted, the e2fsck suggest fixing the Inode with the same i_size value as the existing one.
The partition is of size 135GB, I created 13 files each of 10GB using dd if=/dev/zero of=<filename> bs=1024 count=10485760 and filesystem check on the partition prompts for following fixing
/usr/local/e2fsprogs/sbin/e2fsck -fnv /dev/sdb5
e2fsck 1.41.0 (10-Jul-2008)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Inode 12, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 524289, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 655361, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no
Inode 1835009, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 2490369, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 2621441, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 3801089, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587521, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587522, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587523, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587524, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587525, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no Inode 4587526, i_size is 10737418240, should be 10737418240. Fix? no
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
/dev/sdb5: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********
24 inodes used (0.00%)
1 non-contiguous inode (4.2%)
# of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 13/13/1334689232 blocks used (96.80%)
0 bad blocks
14 large files
13 regular files
2 directories
0 character device files
0 block device files
0 fifos
0 links
0 symbolic links (0 fast symbolic links)
0 sockets
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15 files
# /usr/local/e2fsprogs/sbin/e2fsck -V
e2fsck 1.41.0 (10-Jul-2008)
Using EXT2FS Library version 1.41.0, 10-Jul-2008Signature · 4 lines
Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL.