On 2011-10-12, at 3:03 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:45:01PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote: >>> +static __u32 ext4_inode_csum(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_inode *raw, >>> + struct ext4_inode_info *ei) >>> +{ >>> + struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb); >>> + __u16 crc_lo; >>> + __u16 crc_hi = 0; >>> + __u32 crc; >>> + >>> + crc_lo = raw->i_checksum_lo; >>> + raw->i_checksum_lo = 0; >>> + if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE && >>> + EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw, ei, i_checksum_hi)) { >>> + crc_hi = raw->i_checksum_hi; >>> + raw->i_checksum_hi = 0; >>> + } >>> + >>> + crc = ext4_chksum(sbi, ei->i_uuid_inum_crc, (__u8 *)raw, >>> + EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb)); >>> + >>> + raw->i_checksum_lo = crc_lo; >>> + if (EXT4_INODE_SIZE(inode->i_sb) > EXT4_GOOD_OLD_INODE_SIZE && >>> + EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw, ei, i_checksum_hi)) >>> + raw->i_checksum_hi = crc_hi; >>> + >>> + return crc; >>> +} >> >> This computes both the _lo and _hi parts of the checksum and overwrites >> what is in the inode... > > I don't follow your logic ... for the _lo component, first I save the old > i_checksum_lo contents in crc_lo. Then I stuff zero into i_checksum_lo. > Next I perform the checksum computation (with the checksum field > effectively "zero") and put the results into crc. Then I copy whatever > I saved in crc_lo back into i_checksum_lo. > > crc_lo, crc_hi, and crc are three separate variables, and neither crc_lo > nor crc_hi are ever assigned any part of crc. Therefore crc_lo and > crc_hi should always contain the old checksum contents. > > Did I miss something? Afaict the contents of raw should be the same > before and after the call to ext4_inode_csum(), but maybe I've been > looking at this too long. :) No, you are right. I misread the code and thought that crc_lo and crc_hi were derived from the computed value. Cheers, Andreas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html