From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267855AbUGWRie (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:38:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267857AbUGWRid (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:38:33 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:33748 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267855AbUGWRiZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:38:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:37:15 -0400 (EDT) From: James Morris X-X-Sender: jmorris@devserv.devel.redhat.com To: Steve G cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephen Smalley , Stephen Tweedie Subject: Re: Ext3 problems in dual booting machine with SE Linux In-Reply-To: <20040723153715.81677.qmail@web50610.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20040723153715.81677.qmail@web50610.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, Steve G wrote: > Something seems wrong in either 2.4.20's handling of Ext3 or 2.6.7-1.437's use of > Ext3. You may have hit either the 2.4/2.6 xattr compatibility bug, or some other xattr bug since fixed in the kernel. I'd suggest using a 2.4.25 or greater kernel if you want to access ext2/ext3 xattrs which were created under 2.6. 2.4 kernels below this do not have 2.6 compatible xattrs for ext2 and ext3. - James -- James Morris