Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:33:25 -0800 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 028/270] ext4: remove erroneous ext4_superblock_csum_set() in update_backups() |
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On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 02:22:19AM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 14:55 -0200, Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski wrote: > > 3.5.7u1 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. > > > > ------------------ > > > > From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@taobao.com> > > > > commit bef53b01faeb791e27605cba1a71ba21364cb23e upstream. > > > > The update_backups() function is used to backup all the metadata > > blocks, so we should not take it for granted that 'data' is pointed to > > a super block and use ext4_superblock_csum_set to calculate the > > checksum there. In case where the data is a group descriptor block, > > it will corrupt the last group descriptor, and then e2fsck will > > complain about it it. > > > > As all the metadata checksums should already be OK when we do the > > backup, remove the wrong ext4_superblock_csum_set and it should be > > just fine. > > > > Reported-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> > > Signed-off-by: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@taobao.com> > > Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu> > > [ herton: adjust context ] > > Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@canonical.com> > > This should also be applicable to 3.6.
Thanks, it didn't apply there, so I didn't take it, defering to the ext4 developers, who seem to be a bit busy :)
greg k-h
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