From: Vyacheslav Kovalevsky <slava.kovalevskiy.2014@gmail.com>
To: tytso@mit.edu
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [BUG] ext4: generic/764 failed when using fast_commit option (error loading journal)
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2026 11:58:29 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <66b5fc3d-620d-4582-9b30-50c85984f612@gmail.com> (raw)
Hello, when testing ext4 with fast_commit enabled (Ubuntu 24.04, Linux
6.8) I encountered this test failure:
```log
generic/764 [failed, exit status 1]- output mismatch (see
/root/xfstests-dev/results//generic/764.out.bad)
--- tests/generic/764.out 2026-09-16 08:04:58.023597440 +0000
+++ /root/xfstests-dev/results//generic/764.out.bad 2026-09-16
08:36:05.821198201 +0000
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
QA output created by 764
-Silence is golden
+mount: /mnt/scratch: mount(2) system call failed: Structure needs
cleaning.
+ dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount
system call.
+mount -o acl,user_xattr /dev/mapper/flakey-test.764 /mnt/scratch
failed
+(see /root/xfstests-dev/results//generic/764.full for details)
...
(Run 'diff -u /root/xfstests-dev/tests/generic/764.out
/root/xfstests-dev/results//generic/764.out.bad' to see the entire diff)
check: possible mount failures (see
/root/xfstests-dev/results//generic/764.mountfail)
```
764.out.bad:
```log
root@ubuntu:~/xfstests-dev# cat ./results/generic/764.out.bad
QA output created by 764
mount: /mnt/scratch: mount(2) system call failed: Structure needs cleaning.
dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
mount -o acl,user_xattr /dev/mapper/flakey-test.764 /mnt/scratch failed
(see /root/xfstests-dev/results//generic/764.full for details)
```
764.mountfail:
```log
[ 1224.887075] run fstests generic/764 at 2026-09-16 08:36:05
[ 1225.042597] EXT4-fs (dm-0): mounted filesystem
7cfe268c-25e3-4c01-90c7-c933198fe125 r/w with ordered data mode. Quota
mode: none.
[ 1225.062913] EXT4-fs (dm-0): unmounting filesystem
7cfe268c-25e3-4c01-90c7-c933198fe125.
[ 1225.078714] JBD2: journal recovery failed
[ 1225.078717] EXT4-fs (dm-0): error loading journal
```
Config info:
```log
FSTYP -- ext4
PLATFORM -- Linux/x86_64 ubuntu 6.8.0-139-generic #139-Ubuntu SMP
PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Aug 1 03:52:05 UTC 2026
MKFS_OPTIONS -- -F -O fast_commit /dev/loop1
MOUNT_OPTIONS -- -o acl,user_xattr /dev/loop1 /mnt/scratch
```
OS information:
```json
{
"Hostname" : "ubuntu",
"StaticHostname" : "ubuntu",
"PrettyHostname" : null,
"DefaultHostname" : "localhost",
"HostnameSource" : "static",
"IconName" : "computer-vm",
"Chassis" : "vm",
"Deployment" : null,
"Location" : null,
"KernelName" : "Linux",
"KernelRelease" : "6.8.0-139-generic",
"KernelVersion" : "#139-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Aug 1
03:52:05 UTC 2026",
"OperatingSystemPrettyName" : "Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS",
"OperatingSystemCPEName" : null,
"OperatingSystemHomeURL" : "https://www.ubuntu.com/",
"HardwareVendor" : "QEMU",
"HardwareModel" : "Standard PC _Q35 + ICH9, 2009_",
"HardwareSerial" : null,
"FirmwareVersion" : "Arch Linux 1.17.0-2-2",
"FirmwareVendor" : "SeaBIOS",
"FirmwareDate" : 1396310400000000,
"MachineID" : "91b0356bbe954341a29ab510f38d09be",
"BootID" : "c5a11924033a42469f837e676984f813",
"ProductUUID" : null
}
```
Also tested on Linux 7.2 (upstream) & 6.17.0-29-generic (Ubuntu 25.10).
I reported this issue previously here (did not know about the existing
test failing):
<https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/CAAJYhwzHRMipEy=mrH_FwELcSCCk9zK7ifzy0cuuWMzX3wmVtg@mail.gmail.com/>.
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