linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Ext4 Documentation: ext4_xattr

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Date:   Thu, 14 Apr 2022 18:38:28 -0700
From:   "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To:     Matthew G McGovern <matthew@...ov.dev>
Cc:     "linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ext4 Documentation: ext4_xattr_header struct size fix

On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 12:50:56AM +0000, Matthew G McGovern wrote:
> From: "Matthew G. McGovern" <matthew@...ov.dev>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:48:15 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] Ext4 Documentation: ext4_xattr_header struct size fix
> 
> An ext4 struct has the wrong array size for a field in the docs.
> 
> - Document correct array size (3) for ext4_xattr_header.h_reserved
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew G. McGovern <matthew@...ov.dev>

Yup.  Thanks for the correction.

Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org>

--D

> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/ext4/attributes.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/attributes.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/attributes.rst
> index 54386a010a8d..871d2da7a0a9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/attributes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4/attributes.rst
> @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ The beginning of an extended attribute block is in
>       - Checksum of the extended attribute block.
>     * - 0x14
>       - \_\_u32
> -     - h\_reserved[2]
> +     - h\_reserved[3]
>       - Zero.
> 
>  The checksum is calculated against the FS UUID, the 64-bit block number
> 
> base-commit: 96485e4462604744d66bf4301557d996d80b85eb
> --
> 2.25.1