ext4: improve explanation of a mount failure caused by a misconfigured kernel
authorTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Fri, 14 Feb 2020 23:11:19 +0000 (18:11 -0500)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:52:59 +0000 (19:52 +0100)
commitc43f560acc85a6c1b7480b347b556d06c8c031ac
tree8e9303125a3605717848a40e769927ac01d48833
parent94f0fe04da78adc214b51523499031664f9db408
ext4: improve explanation of a mount failure caused by a misconfigured kernel

commit d65d87a07476aa17df2dcb3ad18c22c154315bec upstream.

If CONFIG_QFMT_V2 is not enabled, but CONFIG_QUOTA is enabled, when a
user tries to mount a file system with the quota or project quota
enabled, the kernel will emit a very confusing messsage:

    EXT4-fs warning (device vdc): ext4_enable_quotas:5914: Failed to enable quota tracking (type=0, err=-3). Please run e2fsck to fix.
    EXT4-fs (vdc): mount failed

We will now report an explanatory message indicating which kernel
configuration options have to be enabled, to avoid customer/sysadmin
confusion.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200215012738.565735-1-tytso@mit.edu
Google-Bug-Id: 149093531
Fixes: 7c319d328505b778 ("ext4: make quota as first class supported feature")
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
fs/ext4/super.c