linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] jbd2: move superblock checksum calculation to jbd2_write

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Date:	Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:55:54 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] jbd2: move superblock checksum calculation to
 jbd2_write_superblock()

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:54:02AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> Some of the functions which modify the jbd2 superblock were not
> updating the checksum before calling jbd2_write_superblock().  Move
> the call to jbd2_superblock_csum_set() to jbd2_write_superblock(), so
> that the checksum is calculated consistently.

Seems to do about the same as http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/243542/ so...
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

--D
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  fs/jbd2/journal.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> index 4c8b8d4..28bcfa1 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> @@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
>  static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
>  {
>  	struct buffer_head *bh = journal->j_sb_buffer;
> +	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	trace_jbd2_write_superblock(journal, write_op);
> @@ -1356,6 +1357,7 @@ static void jbd2_write_superblock(journal_t *journal, int write_op)
>  		clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
>  		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>  	}
> +	jbd2_superblock_csum_set(journal, sb);
>  	get_bh(bh);
>  	bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
>  	ret = submit_bh(write_op, bh);
> @@ -1452,7 +1454,6 @@ void jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno(journal_t *journal)
>  	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock error (errno %d)\n",
>  		  journal->j_errno);
>  	sb->s_errno    = cpu_to_be32(journal->j_errno);
> -	jbd2_superblock_csum_set(journal, sb);
>  	read_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
>  
>  	jbd2_write_superblock(journal, WRITE_SYNC);
> -- 
> 1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b
> 
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