linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: befs: use flags field to validate fs state

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Message-Id: <1462906782-4432-1-git-send-email-salah.triki@acm.org>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 19:59:42 +0100
From:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: befs: use flags field to validate fs state

flags field records the state of the superblock, so it is
more appropriate to use this field for validating the fs state than
using the fields log_start and log_end.

Signed-off-by: Salah Triki <salah.triki@....org>
---
 fs/befs/super.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/befs/super.c b/fs/befs/super.c
index aeafc4d..079fc00 100644
--- a/fs/befs/super.c
+++ b/fs/befs/super.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ befs_check_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 		return BEFS_ERR;
 	}
 
-	if (befs_sb->log_start != befs_sb->log_end) {
+	if (befs_sb->flags == BFS_DIRTY) {
 		befs_error(sb, "Filesystem not clean! There are blocks in the "
 			   "journal. You must boot into BeOS and mount this volume "
 			   "to make it clean.");
-- 
1.9.1