ALT Linux Bugzilla – #4114

Sometimes mkfs.reiserfs from progsreiserfs-0.3.0.3-alt0.4 can create a
filesystem on which reiserfsck detects corruption (vpf-10640: The on-disk and
the correct bitmaps differs). Apparently working with such filesystem can lead
to hangs with kernel messages like:

vs-3050: wait_buffer_until_released: nobody releases buffer (dev 03:47, size
4096, blocknr 4325376, cou
nt 3, list 0, state 0x10019, page c18b5740, (UPTODATE, CLEAN, UNLOCKED)). Still
waiting (-270000000)  JDIRTY !JWAIT

Steps to Reproduce:
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=image.bin bs=1k count=1 seek=50588652
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
$ /sbin/mkfs.reiserfs image.bin
Warning: Device image.bin isn't a block device.
All data on image.bin will be lost. Do you realy want to create reiserfs 3.6 (y/n) y
Creating reiserfs 3.6 with standard journal on image.bin
initializing skiped area: done
initializing journal: done
syncing...done
$ /sbin/reiserfsck image.bin

<-------------reiserfsck, 2002------------->
reiserfsprogs 3.6.4

  *************************************************************
  ** If you are using the latest reiserfsprogs and  it fails **
  ** please  email bug reports to reiserfs-list@namesys.com, **
  ** providing  as  much  information  as  possible --  your **
  ** hardware,  kernel,  patches,  settings,  all  reiserfsk **
  ** messages  (including version),  the reiserfsck logfile, **
  ** check  the  syslog file  for  any  related information. **
  ** If you would like advice on using this program, support **
  ** is available  for $25 at  www.namesys.com/support.html. **
  *************************************************************

Will read-only check consistency of the filesystem on image.bin
Will put log info to 'stdout'

Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes if you do):Yes
get_dma_info failed Bad file descriptor
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reiserfsck --check started at Mon May 10 19:03:26 2004
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Replaying journal..
No transactions found
Checking internal tree..finished
Comparing bitmaps..vpf-10640: The on-disk and the correct bitmaps differs.
Checking Semantic tree:
finished
1 found corruptions can be fixed with --fix-fixable
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reiserfsck finished at Mon May 10 19:03:28 2004
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