Record the type of checksum algorithm we're using for metadata in the superblock, in case we ever want/need to change the algorithm. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 3858767..a56c14e 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ static struct file_system_type ext3_fs_type = { #define IS_EXT3_SB(sb) (0) #endif +static int ext4_verify_csum_type(struct super_block *sb, + struct ext4_super_block *es) +{ + if (!EXT4_HAS_RO_COMPAT_FEATURE(sb, + EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_METADATA_CSUM)) + return 1; + + return es->s_checksum_type == EXT4_CRC32C_CHKSUM; +} + void *ext4_kvmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) { void *ret; @@ -3182,6 +3192,14 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) goto cantfind_ext4; sbi->s_kbytes_written = le64_to_cpu(es->s_kbytes_written); + /* Check for a known checksum algorithm */ + if (!ext4_verify_csum_type(sb, es)) { + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "VFS: Found ext4 filesystem with " + "unknown checksum algorithm."); + silent = 1; + goto cantfind_ext4; + } + /* Set defaults before we parse the mount options */ def_mount_opts = le32_to_cpu(es->s_default_mount_opts); set_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE); -- 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