ext4: record the checksum algorithm in use in the superblock
authorDarrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:25:10 +0000 (18:25 -0400)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:25:10 +0000 (18:25 -0400)
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@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/super.c

index e1fb1d5..f489ffb 100644 (file)
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ 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;
@@ -3025,6 +3035,14 @@ 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);