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Message-ID: <20090327205441.GF6239@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:54:41 -0400 From: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> To: Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@...tum.de> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: do less extent validations On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 08:05:30PM +0100, Thiemo Nagel wrote: > Thiemo Nagel wrote: >> >> 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. > > OTOH, why not remove the variable altogether? (cf. attached patch) This patch causes ext4_ext_check to be called before the variables eh is set, and before variable is updated. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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