linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 7/7] ext4: don't update checksum of new initialized bitmaps

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Date:   Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:29:52 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] ext4: don't update checksum of new initialized
 bitmaps

On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 10:06:07AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> 
> Probably you should remove the bad checksum handling in
> ext4_init_block_bitmap() the same way as you did in
> ext4_init_inode_bitmap()? Otherwise the patch looks good.

There isn't an ext4_init_inode_bitmap() --- the functionality is
inlined ext4_read_inode_bitmap(), and it's already doing it that way
(it doesn't set the checksum; it just sets the verified bit).

    	    	    	      	      - Ted