Re: [PATCH v6 2/3] btrfs: initial fsverity support

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On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 10:49:33AM -0700, Boris Burkov wrote:
> >    inode flags ro_compat instead, right?
> 
> I believe it is still being used, unless I messed up the patch I sent in
> the end. Taking a quick look, I think it's set at fs/btrfs/verity.c:558.
> 
> btrfs_set_fs_compat_ro(root->fs_info, VERITY);
> 
> I believe I still needed it because the tree checker doesn't scan every
> inode on the filesystem when you mount, so it would only freak out about
> a ro-compat inode later on if the inode didn't happen to be in a leaf
> that was being checked at mount time.
> 
> > 
> > 2. Is there a minimum version of btrfs-progs that is required to use btrfs
> >    verity?  With ext4 and f2fs, the fsck tools had to be updated, so there were
> >    minimum versions of the userspace tools required.
> 
> Hmm. I didn't update fsck, but now that you mention it, I think I need to...
> I'll test it right away and get back to you, but I suspect I need to
> hurry up and implement it.

The timing of kernel features and btrfs-progs is to have them at the
same release number at the latest, but it could be any time earlier as
it also makes testing easier (released vs git snapshot).



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