linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] jbd2: Fix block tag checksum verification brokenness

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Message-ID: <20130511001432.GO25399@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 11 May 2013 01:14:32 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] jbd2: Fix block tag checksum verification brokenness

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 04:38:07PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Al Viro complained of a ton of bogosity with regards to the jbd2 block tag
> header checksum.  This one checksum is 16 bits, so cut off the upper 16 bits
> and treat it as a 16-bit value and don't mess around with be32* conversions.
> Fortunately metadata checksumming is still "experimental" and not in a shipping
> e2fsprogs, so there should be few users affected by this.
> 
> v2: Eliminate unnecessary variables and make it clear(er) which values are 32
> bits wide.
> 
> Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

ACKed-by: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
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