linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: do less extent validations

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Date:	Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:05:30 +0100
From:	Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@...tum.de>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: do less extent validations

Thiemo Nagel wrote:
> 
> Based on 2.6.29-rc7 with Aneesh Kumar's patches:
> ext4: Validate extent details only when read from the disk
> ext4: Add checks to validate extent entries
> 
> Sets need_to_validate=0 inside instead of outside the loop.

OTOH, why not remove the variable altogether?  (cf. attached patch)

Kind regards,

Signed-off-by: Thiemo Nagel <thiemo.nagel@...tum.de>

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