The extended attribute code now uses the crc32c checksum for hashing purposes, so we should just always always initialize it. We also want to prevent NULL pointer dereferences if one of the metadata checksum features is enabled after the file sytsem is originally mounted. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199183 Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- fs/ext4/super.c | 15 ++++++--------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 9d1da40c1f62..7cd022c344d1 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -3492,15 +3492,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) } /* Load the checksum driver */ - if (ext4_has_feature_metadata_csum(sb) || - ext4_has_feature_ea_inode(sb)) { - sbi->s_chksum_driver = crypto_alloc_shash("crc32c", 0, 0); - if (IS_ERR(sbi->s_chksum_driver)) { - ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Cannot load crc32c driver."); - ret = PTR_ERR(sbi->s_chksum_driver); - sbi->s_chksum_driver = NULL; - goto failed_mount; - } + sbi->s_chksum_driver = crypto_alloc_shash("crc32c", 0, 0); + if (IS_ERR(sbi->s_chksum_driver)) { + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Cannot load crc32c driver."); + ret = PTR_ERR(sbi->s_chksum_driver); + sbi->s_chksum_driver = NULL; + goto failed_mount; } /* Check superblock checksum */ -- 2.16.1.72.g5be1f00a9a