Re: [PATCH 3/8] ext4: Protect superblock modifications with a buffer lock

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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 11:18:39AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Protect all superblock modifications (including checksum computation)
> with a superblock buffer lock. That way we are sure computed checksum
> matches current superblock contents (a mismatch could cause checksum
> failures in nojournal mode or if an unjournalled superblock update races
> with a journalled one). Also we avoid modifying superblock contents
> while it is being written out (which can cause DIF/DIX failures if we
> are running in nojournal mode).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted



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