Public bug reported:

I have a forensic image of a file system:

# file dev_sda2.dd 
dev_sda2.dd: Linux rev 1.0 ext3 filesystem data (needs journal recovery)

Under 2.6.27-9 (x86_64) it was possible to mount this image read-only
using an alternate superblock like so:

# mount -o ro,loop,sb=131072 dev_sda2.dd /mnt

Again with 2.6.27-9 (x86_64) dmesg would show:

[  411.272510] JBD: Ignoring recovery information on journal
[  411.296336] __ratelimit: 51 callbacks suppressed
[  411.296350] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 0
[  411.296357] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296368] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 1
[  411.296373] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296381] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 2
[  411.296385] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296393] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 3
[  411.296398] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296407] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 18
[  411.296411] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296419] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 32
[  411.296424] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296432] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 73
[  411.296436] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296444] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 74
[  411.296448] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296456] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 94
[  411.296461] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296468] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 96
[  411.296473] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  411.296800] kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
[  411.296836] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.

After upgrading to 2.6.27-11 (x86_64) the same mount command fails:

# mount -o ro,loop,sb=131072 dev_sda2.dd /mnt
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error
       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail  or so

Under 2.6.27-11 (x86_64) dmesg shows:

[  492.680682] JBD: Ignoring recovery information on journal
[  492.917334] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 0
[  492.917347] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917353] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 1
[  492.917355] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917359] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 2
[  492.917361] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917364] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 3
[  492.917366] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917370] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 18
[  492.917372] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917376] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 32
[  492.917378] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917382] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 73
[  492.917384] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917387] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 74
[  492.917389] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917393] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 94
[  492.917395] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917399] Buffer I/O error on device loop0, logical block 96
[  492.917401] lost page write due to I/O error on loop0
[  492.917500] JBD: recovery failed
[  492.917502] EXT3-fs: error loading journal.

I can provide the image file on request, but it's about 1GB in size...

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
Package: linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic 2.6.27-11.27
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/hostname-root ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/username/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.27-11.27-generic
SourcePackage: linux

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug

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regression in ext3 driver?
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/326448
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