There are some features (gdt_csum, 64bit, bg_use_meta_csum) that help metadata_csum to work optimally. Print a warning if the user tries to create a filesystem without those features. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- misc/mke2fs.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c index 45bab5c..fc57372 100644 --- a/misc/mke2fs.c +++ b/misc/mke2fs.c @@ -865,7 +865,8 @@ static __u32 ok_features[3] = { EXT2_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_META_BG| EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_FLEX_BG| EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_MMP | - EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT, + EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT | + EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_BG_USE_META_CSUM, /* R/O compat */ EXT2_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_LARGE_FILE| EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_HUGE_FILE| @@ -2278,6 +2279,38 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) exit(1); } + /* Check the user's mkfs options for metadata checksumming */ + if (!quiet && + EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, + EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM)) { + if (!EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, + EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM)) + printf(_("Group descriptor checksums " + "are not enabled. This reduces the " + "coverage of metadata checksumming. " + "Pass -O uninit_bg to rectify.\n")); + if (EXT2_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, + EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_GDT_CSUM) && + !EXT2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, + EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_BG_USE_META_CSUM)) + printf(_("Group descriptor checksums will not use " + "the faster metadata_checksum algorithm. " + "Pass -O bg_use_meta_csum to rectify.\n")); + if (!EXT2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, + EXT3_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_EXTENTS)) + printf(_("Extents are not enabled. The file extent " + "tree can be checksummed, whereas block maps " + "cannot. Not enabling extents reduces the " + "coverage of metadata checksumming. " + "Pass -O extents to rectify.\n")); + if (!EXT2_HAS_INCOMPAT_FEATURE(fs->super, + EXT4_FEATURE_INCOMPAT_64BIT)) + printf(_("64-bit filesystem support is not " + "enabled. The larger fields afforded by " + "this feature enable full-strength " + "checksumming. Pass -O 64bit to rectify.\n")); + } + /* Can't undo discard ... */ if (!noaction && discard && (io_ptr != undo_io_manager)) { retval = mke2fs_discard_device(fs); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html