linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 05/31] libext2fs: Add space for metadata checksum when unconverting a hashed directory block

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Date:	Sat, 12 Oct 2013 23:16:31 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/31] libext2fs: Add space for metadata checksum when
 unconverting a hashed directory block

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 06:27:14PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> The ext2fs_link function has the unfortunate habit of converting hashed
> directories into unhashed directories.  It doesn't notice that it's slicing
> and dicing directory entries from a former dx_{root,node} block, and therefore
> doesn't write a protective dirent into the end of the block to store the
> checksum.  Teach it to do this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied to the next branch.

					- Ted
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