linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] add support to check a journal checksum v1 while journal dump.

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Date:   Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:07:49 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     alexey.lyashkov@...il.com
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] add support to check a journal checksum v1 while
 journal dump.

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 12:16:50PM +0300, alexey.lyashkov@...il.com wrote:
> 
> journal checksum v1 cover an all blocks in journal descriptor.
> This checksum stored into commit block and check with commit
> block reading.

I'm really curious --- why do you care about journal_checksum v1 at
all?  It rarely used, and the journal_checksum v3 is much superior.

      	 	       	     	     		      - Ted