Bug#587763: linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: scary messages from JBD when manipulating quotas on ext4

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

found 587763 linux-2.6/2.6.32-35squeeze2
tags 587763 + upstream patch moreinfo
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Hi,

Laurent Bonnaud wrote:

> 1. set up quotas on an ext4 filesystem
> 2. use edquota to change the quotas of some user
>
> Actual result: the kernel outputs this scary message:
[...]
> Expected result: 
>  - no scary message
>  - no filesystem corruption
>  - changed quotas

Robert L Mathews wrote:

> This bug still exists in squeeze kernel 2.6.32-35squeeze2 (I'm using
> "linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 2.6.32-35squeeze2").
>
> The patch wasn't committed to the upstream kernel until 2.6.35 on July 27,
> 2010:
>
> http://git.strongswan.org/?p=linux-dumm.git;a=commitdiff;h=62d2b5f2dcd3707b070efb16bbfdf6947c38c194

Thanks.

Robert, Laurent, please confirm that this fix works against a squeeze
kernel.  Instructions for building and testing a patched kernel are
at [1].  If it works well, we can consider applying it and propose it
for inclusion in the next upstream 2.6.32.y kernel.

Regards,
Jonathan

[1] http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-common-tasks.html