Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.41.0-1
RPM: e2fsprogs-1.41.0-1.fc9.i386

After upgrading e2fsprogs to version 1.41.0-1, e2fsck runs at every
boot, reporting the following errors:

Group descriptor 1551 checksum is invalid.  FIXED.
Group descriptor 1552 checksum is invalid.  FIXED.
Group descriptor 1553 checksum is invalid.  FIXED.
...
Group descriptor 1560 checksum is invalid.  FIXED.

No such problems with previous version e2fsprogs 1.40.8.
The home filesystem is ext3 on HDD.
If I boot LiveCD in rescue mode and check this filesystem no any errors was found.

[root@den ~]# tune2fs -l /dev/sda5
tune2fs 1.41.0 (10-Jul-2008)
Filesystem volume name:   /home
Last mounted on:          <not available>
Filesystem UUID:          b66674f8-5b30-4d12-b747-b9e4ffea335f
Filesystem magic number:  0xEF53
Filesystem revision #:    1 (dynamic)
Filesystem features:      has_journal ext_attr dir_index filetype needs_recovery sparse_super large_file
Filesystem flags:         signed_directory_hash
Default mount options:    (none)
Filesystem state:         clean
Errors behavior:          Continue
Filesystem OS type:       Linux
Inode count:              27836416
Block count:              55671241
Reserved block count:     0
Free blocks:              284411
Free inodes:              27630202
First block:              0
Block size:               4096
Fragment size:            4096
Blocks per group:         32768
Fragments per group:      32768
Inodes per group:         16384
Inode blocks per group:   512
Filesystem created:       Fri Oct 27 21:14:14 2006
Last mount time:          Sat Aug 23 12:11:20 2008
Last write time:          Sat Aug 23 12:11:20 2008
Mount count:              1
Maximum mount count:      48
Last checked:             Sat Aug 23 12:01:06 2008
Check interval:           15552000 (6 months)
Next check after:         Thu Feb 19 11:01:06 2009
Reserved blocks uid:      0 (user root)
Reserved blocks gid:      0 (group root)
First inode:              11
Inode size:               128
Journal inode:            8
Default directory hash:   tea
Directory Hash Seed:      aca86e48-09dd-4201-90b2-3a952c943ec1
Journal backup:           inode blocks

[root@den ~]# uname -a
Linux den 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Mon Aug 4 14:08:11 EDT 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

I found similar problem in Debian Bug Tracking System with number 490637.
Possible resolve this problem.


Copy from Debian BTS:

Thanks for reporting this bug.  I will shortly be releasing a fixed
e2fsprogs with this patch.

                                                - Ted

>From 4729455f0a68f2fa0a83ec8460d1d4bccba9dcfa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theodore Ts'o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:03:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] libext2fs: Don't check the group checksum when !GDT_CSUM

ext2fs_group_desc_csum_verify() is always checking the bg_checksum (to
make sure it is zero) even when the GDT_CSUM feature is not present.
This is normally OK, but apparently there are filesystems in the wild
where this field has not be initialized to zero.

Addresses-Debian-Bug: #490637

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 lib/ext2fs/csum.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/csum.c b/lib/ext2fs/csum.c
index ce1508e..6a49d8f 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/csum.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/csum.c
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ STATIC __u16 ext2fs_group_desc_csum(ext2_filsys fs, dgrp_t 
group)
 
 int ext2fs_group_desc_csum_verify(ext2_filsys fs, dgrp_t group)
 {
-       if (fs->group_desc[group].bg_checksum != 
-           ext2fs_group_desc_csum(fs, group))
+       if (EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super,
+                                      EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM) &&
+           (fs->group_desc[group].bg_checksum != 
+            ext2fs_group_desc_csum(fs, group)))
                return 0;
 
        return 1;
-- 
1.5.6.1.205.ge2c7.dirty