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

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Date:	Fri, 10 May 2013 23:18:18 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] jbd2: Fix block tag checksum verification brokenness

On 2013-05-10, at 17:38, "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com> wrote:
> static void jbd2_block_tag_csum_set(journal_t *j, journal_block_tag_t *tag,
> {
> 
> +    tag->t_checksum = cpu_to_be16(csum32);
> }

It wouldn't be a terrible idea to add a comment in these spots, since
it is a bit non-obvious to use cpu_to_be16() on a 32-bit variable. 

Cheers, Andreas
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