Index: linux-stage/fs/ext4/super.c When ldiskfs run in failover mode whith read-only disk. Part of allocation updates are lost and ldiskfs may fail while mounting this is due to inconsistent state of group-descriptor. Group-descriptor check is added after journal replay. =================================================================== --- linux-stage/fs/ext4/super.c 2016-11-06 15:15:30.892386878 +0530 +++ linux-stage.orig.1/fs/ext4/super.c 2016-11-08 10:56:45.579892189 +0530 @@ -4156,11 +4156,6 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_ } } sbi->s_gdb_count = db_count; - if (!ext4_check_descriptors(sb, logical_sb_block, &first_not_zeroed)) { - ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "group descriptors corrupted!"); - goto failed_mount2; - } - get_random_bytes(&sbi->s_next_generation, sizeof(u32)); spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock); @@ -4280,6 +4275,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_ sbi->s_journal->j_commit_callback = ext4_journal_commit_callback; no_journal: + + if (!ext4_check_descriptors(sb, logical_sb_block, &first_not_zeroed)) { + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "group descriptors corrupted!"); + goto failed_mount_wq; + } + /* * Get the # of file system overhead blocks from the * superblock if present.