Re: [PATCH] ext3: fix ext34_fill_super group description initialization

Dmitry Monakhov wrote:

->s_group_desc have to be zero filled because if sb_read() failed
we jump to following error path.
failed_mount2:
	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);<< Bad things may happen here

But the db_count is updated in the failure path to point to the number

of successful sb_read.

-aneesh
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