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* Checksuming metadata+data
@ 2007-05-17  4:12 sftf
  2007-05-17 18:03 ` Andreas Dilger
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From: sftf @ 2007-05-17  4:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-ext4

Why to not implement two modes (via create/mount options):
1. Checksuming metadata only
2. Checksuming metadata+data (i.e. checksuming ALL)

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* Re: Checksuming metadata+data
  2007-05-17  4:12 Checksuming metadata+data sftf
@ 2007-05-17 18:03 ` Andreas Dilger
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From: Andreas Dilger @ 2007-05-17 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sftf; +Cc: linux-ext4

On May 17, 2007  10:12 +0600, sftf wrote:
> Why to not implement two modes (via create/mount options):
> 1. Checksuming metadata only
> 2. Checksuming metadata+data (i.e. checksuming ALL)

I don't think anyone is planning data checksumming any time soon.  Even
metadata checksumming is some ways away.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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