From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" ext2 file system was by default ignoring errors and continuing. This is not a good default as continuing on error could lead to file system corruption. Change the default to mark the file system readonly. Debian and ubuntu already does this as the default in their fstab. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V Cc: Cc: Eric Sandeen Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Dave Jones Cc: Chuck Ebbert Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/ext2/super.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext2/super.c~ext2-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error fs/ext2/super.c --- a/fs/ext2/super.c~ext2-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error +++ a/fs/ext2/super.c @@ -234,16 +234,16 @@ static int ext2_show_options(struct seq_ le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid) != EXT2_DEF_RESGID) { seq_printf(seq, ",resgid=%u", sbi->s_resgid); } - if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) { + if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) { int def_errors = le16_to_cpu(es->s_errors); if (def_errors == EXT2_ERRORS_PANIC || - def_errors == EXT2_ERRORS_RO) { - seq_puts(seq, ",errors=continue"); + def_errors == EXT2_ERRORS_CONTINUE) { + seq_puts(seq, ",errors=remount-ro"); } } - if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) - seq_puts(seq, ",errors=remount-ro"); + if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) + seq_puts(seq, ",errors=continue"); if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC)) seq_puts(seq, ",errors=panic"); if (test_opt(sb, NO_UID32)) @@ -796,10 +796,10 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_ if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT2_ERRORS_PANIC) set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_PANIC); - else if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT2_ERRORS_RO) - set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_RO); - else + else if (le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_errors) == EXT2_ERRORS_CONTINUE) set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_CONT); + else + set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, ERRORS_RO); sbi->s_resuid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resuid); sbi->s_resgid = le16_to_cpu(es->s_def_resgid); _