Description
Way to reproduce:
mkfs.ext4 -O large_xattr /path/to/dev # mount -t ldiskfs /path/to/dev /mnt # touch /mnt/file # # create xattr stored on ea_inode # setfattr -n user.longxattr -v $(printf '=%.0s' {1..4054}) /mnt/file # umount /mnt # # corrupt the filesystem so that e2fsck will try to attach ea_inode to lost+found: # debugfs -w -R 'clri file' /path/to/dev # # e2fsck in readonly mode tries to write node # # e2fsck -fn /path/to/dev e2fsck 1.42.13.wc5 (15-Apr-2016) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Entry 'file' in / (2) has deleted/unused inode 12. Clear? no Entry 'file' in / (2) has an incorrect filetype (was 1, should be 0). Fix? no Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts ext2fs_write_inode: Attempt to write to filesystem opened read-only while writing inode 13 in disconnect_inode /path/to/dev: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********