linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: do less extent validations

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Message-ID: <49B92B26.70402@ph.tum.de>
Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:32:54 +0100
From:	Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@...tum.de>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: do less extent validations


Based on 2.6.29-rc7 with Aneesh Kumar's patches:
ext4: Validate extent details only when read from the disk
ext4: Add checks to validate extent entries

Sets need_to_validate=0 inside instead of outside the loop.

Signed-off-by: Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@...tum.de>

View attachment "less-extent-validations.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (619 bytes)