ext4: clarify ext4_error message in ext4_mb_generate_buddy_error()

We are spending a lot of time explaining to users what this error means. Let's try to improve the message to avoid this problem. Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]
Baughn · Jul 5, 2014 · 94d4c06 · 94d4c06
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diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -752,8 +752,8 @@ void ext4_mb_generate_buddy(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	if (free != grp->bb_free) {
 		ext4_grp_locked_error(sb, group, 0, 0,
-				      "%u clusters in bitmap, %u in gd; "
-				      "block bitmap corrupt.",
+				      "block bitmap and bg descriptor "
+				      "inconsistent: %u vs %u free clusters",
 				      free, grp->bb_free);
 		/*
 		 * If we intend to continue, we consider group descriptor