linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/9] libext2fs: store checksum seed in superblock

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Message-ID: <20160305232131.GB10297@thunk.org>
Date:	Sat, 5 Mar 2016 18:21:31 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] libext2fs: store checksum seed in superblock

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 02:37:32PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Allow the filesystem to store the metadata checksum seed in the
> superblock and add an incompat feature to say that we're using it.
> This enables tune2fs to change the UUID on a mounted metadata_csum
> FS without having to (racy!) rewrite all disk metadata.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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