linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 08/37] mke2fs: set gdt csum when creating packed fs

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Date:	Mon, 12 May 2014 00:22:37 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Lukáš Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/37] mke2fs: set gdt csum when creating packed fs

On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 01:55:59PM +0200, Lukáš Czerner wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2014, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> 
> > Date: Thu, 01 May 2014 16:13:15 -0700
> > From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> > To: tytso@....edu, darrick.wong@...cle.com
> > Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: [PATCH 08/37] mke2fs: set gdt csum when creating packed fs
> > 
> > When we're creating a fs with metadata blocks packed at the beginning
> > (packed_meta_blocks=1 in mke2fs.conf), set the group descriptor
> > checksum or else we create DOA filesystems with checksum errors.
> 
> Makes sense. Thanks!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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