linux-ext4 - Re: ext4: fix metadata checksum calculation for the superblock

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Date:	31 Oct 2012 21:05:21 -0400
From:	"George Spelvin" <linux@...izon.com>
To:	darrick.wong@...cle.com, linux@...izon.com, tytso@....edu
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tm@....ma
Subject: Re: ext4: fix metadata checksum calculation for the superblock

I'm currently running with two ext4 patches:

Author: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Date: Sun Oct 7 22:18:56 2012 -0400
Subject: ext4: fix metadata checksum calculation for the superblock

Author: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Date: Wed Oct 17 12:51:30 2012 -0700
Subject: ext4: Don't verify checksums of dx non-leaf nodes during fallback linear scan

They appear to fix real problems.  I notice, that neither of these have
made it into 2.6.5.  Should they be sent to -stable at some point?

I'm not trying to overrule your judgements on the matter, just ensure that
the omission is actually a conscious decision rather than an oversight.
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