Re: çå: [PATCH] ext4: e2fsprogs: fix inode bitmap num not integer,incompatible for ancient android devices

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Wed Jun 27 2018 - 22:29:08 EST


On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 01:40:30AM +0000, Gaoming (ming, consumer BG) wrote:
> Hi tytso,
>
> I have checked that make_ext4fs code was deleted o Jun 21th 2018 on master branch of /system/extras repository.
> e.g.
> https://android-review.googlesource.com/c/platform/system/extras/+/708003

Make_ext4fs was fixed not create invalid file systems a *long* time
ago. What I'm not sure about is why the patch hasn't gotten out to
more Android manufacters sooner.

It should have been fixed by sometime in 2012 --- I complained to the
Android team in early 2011. What I don't understand is why people are
coming out of the woodwork *now*.

- Ted