linux-ext4 - [PATCH 03/23] ext4: Record the checksum algorithm in use in the superblock

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Message-ID: <20120306204814.1663.69483.stgit@elm3b70.beaverton.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:48:14 -0800
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@...cle.com>,
	Martin K Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@...il.com>,
	Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Coly Li <colyli@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/23] ext4: Record the checksum algorithm in use in the
 superblock

Record the type of checksum algorithm we're using for metadata in the
superblock, in case we ever want/need to change the algorithm.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 502c61f..38de050 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ static struct file_system_type ext3_fs_type = {
 #define IS_EXT3_SB(sb) (0)
 #endif
 
+static int ext4_verify_csum_type(struct super_block *sb,
+				 struct ext4_super_block *es)
+{
+	if (!EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb,
+					EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM))
+		return 1;
+
+	return es->s_checksum_type == EXT4_CRC32C_CHKSUM;
+}
+
 void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
 {
 	void *ret;
@@ -3178,6 +3188,14 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 		goto cantfind_ext4;
 	sbi->s_kbytes_written = le64_to_cpu(es->s_kbytes_written);
 
+	/* Check for a known checksum algorithm */
+	if (!ext4_verify_csum_type(sb, es)) {
+		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "VFS: Found ext4 filesystem with "
+			 "unknown checksum algorithm.");
+		silent = 1;
+		goto cantfind_ext4;
+	}
+
 	/* Set defaults before we parse the mount options */
 	def_mount_opts = le32_to_cpu(es->s_default_mount_opts);
 	set_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE);

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