linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 11/74] misc: use the checksum predicate function, not raw flag tests

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Message-ID: <20131213043410.GD23888@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:34:10 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/74] misc: use the checksum predicate function, not raw
 flag tests

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 05:19:35PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> metadata_csum implies uninit_bg, and in fact forces the bit off for
> rocompat with older implementations.  Therefore, to detect the
> presence of checksums, we should use the predicate function to decide
> if group descriptor checksums are turned on, not open-coded flag
> tests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied to the next branch.

				- Ted
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