linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 04/27] libext2fs: fix problems with LE<->BE conversions on BE platforms

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Date:	Sun, 24 Aug 2014 22:01:58 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/27] libext2fs: fix problems with LE<->BE conversions
 on BE platforms

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 04:46:16PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Fix more problems that I found when testing on ppc64:
> 
> - Inode swap cut and paste error leads to immutable inodes being
>   detected as inlinedata inodes, leading to e2fsck incorrectly barfing
>   on i_block[] contents.
> 
> - Superblock csum/verify must be aware of the fs->super byte order
>   when checking for metadata_csum feature flag.  (Hint: in _openfs(),
>   fs->super is in LE order for the first csum verification)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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