[Bug 206059] [ext2fs][patch] EXT4: cannot mount filesystems < 512 MiB in size: "ext2fs: no space for extra inode timestamps"

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206059

Pedro F. Giffuni <pfg at FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Pedro F. Giffuni <pfg at FreeBSD.org> ---
This is wrong:

Look at struct ext2fs_dinode (ext2_dinode.h). If the inode size is 128, the
extra timestamps really don't fit. Any attempt to read beyond the 128 would be
a buffer overflow.

I recall the big block sizes were used for handling (non standard) extended
attributes and the extra_isize only started getting used with ext4.
I think this might be a bug in the GNU ext2fsprogs: technically you should
disable the extra_isize with tune2fs before mounting such filesystems.

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