[Bug 864307] [NEW] fsck reports bug while checking ext4 partition

[Kevin O'Gorman]

Public bug reported:

fsck on a broken ext4 partition reports

WARNING: PROGRAMMING BUG IN E2FSCK!
        OR SOME BONEHEAD (YOU) IS CHECKING A MOUNTED (LIVE) FILESYSTEM.

several times.  And no, I'm not that boneheaded.

System:  Natty
Package: e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1ubuntu3

I was running 
   fsck -yf /dev/sdg1
and expected lots of errors being fixed, which I got,
BUT:  I also got the above "programming bug" report a few times.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct  1 13:48:34 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: e2fsprogs
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: e2fsprogs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty

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Title:
  fsck reports bug while checking ext4 partition

Status in “e2fsprogs” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  fsck on a broken ext4 partition reports

  WARNING: PROGRAMMING BUG IN E2FSCK!
          OR SOME BONEHEAD (YOU) IS CHECKING A MOUNTED (LIVE) FILESYSTEM.

  several times.  And no, I'm not that boneheaded.

  System:  Natty
  Package: e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1ubuntu3

  I was running 
     fsck -yf /dev/sdg1
  and expected lots of errors being fixed, which I got,
  BUT:  I also got the above "programming bug" report a few times.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: e2fsprogs 1.41.14-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic-pae 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic-pae i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Oct  1 13:48:34 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: e2fsprogs
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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