linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 02/12] ext4: Remove redundant sb checksum recomputation

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Date:   Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:01:33 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/12] ext4: Remove redundant sb checksum recomputation

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 12:33:55PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Superblock is written out either through ext4_commit_super() or through
> ext4_handle_dirty_super(). In both cases we recompute the checksum so it
> is not necessary to recompute it after updating superblock free inodes &
> blocks counters.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted