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From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
To: Aurelien DESBRIERES <aurelien@hackers.camp>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, brauner@kernel.org, willy@infradead.org,
	djwong@kernel.org, adilger@dilger.ca, pfalcato@suse.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/11] ftrfs: add CRC32 checksumming and Reed-Solomon FEC skeleton
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:34:23 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260414173423.GA24456@quark> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260413230601.525400-9-aurelien@hackers.camp>

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 01:05:49AM +0200, Aurelien DESBRIERES wrote:
> Implement data integrity layer:
> 
> - ftrfs_crc32(): CRC32 wrapper via kernel crc32_le(), used for
>   per-inode and per-superblock checksums
> - init_gf_tables(): initialize GF(2^8) Galois Field lookup tables
>   (primitive polynomial 0x1d) for Reed-Solomon arithmetic
> - gf_mul(): GF(2^8) multiplication via log/exp tables
> - ftrfs_rs_encode(): systematic Reed-Solomon encoder over
>   FTRFS_SUBBLOCK_DATA bytes with FTRFS_RS_PARITY check symbols
> 
> The RS encoder operates on sub-blocks within each 4096-byte data
> block. Decoding (error correction) is not yet implemented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aurelien DESBRIERES <aurelien@hackers.camp>

Is there a reason why the kernel's existing Reed-Solomon
encoding/decoding library isn't being used?

- Eric

  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-14 17:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-13 23:05 [PATCH v2 00/11] ftrfs: Fault-Tolerant Radiation-Robust Filesystem Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 01/11] ftrfs: add on-disk format and in-memory data structures Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 02/11] ftrfs: add superblock operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 03/11] ftrfs: add inode operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 04/11] ftrfs: add directory operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 05/11] ftrfs: add file operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 06/11] ftrfs: add block and inode allocator Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 07/11] ftrfs: add filename and directory entry operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 08/11] ftrfs: add CRC32 checksumming and Reed-Solomon FEC skeleton Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 17:34   ` Eric Biggers [this message]
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 09/11] ftrfs: add Kconfig, Makefile and fs/ tree integration Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 10/11] MAINTAINERS: add entry for FTRFS filesystem Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-13 23:05 ` [PATCH v2 11/11] ftrfs: v2 fixes — write path, inode lifecycle, on-disk format Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07 ` [PATCH v3 00/12] ftrfs: Fault-Tolerant Radiation-Robust Filesystem Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 10:22   ` Pedro Falcato
2026-04-14 11:05     ` Joshua Peisach
2026-04-14 11:28       ` Pedro Falcato
2026-04-14 13:46         ` Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 01/12] ftrfs: add on-disk format and in-memory data structures Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 02/12] ftrfs: add superblock operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 03/12] ftrfs: add inode operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 04/12] ftrfs: add directory operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 05/12] ftrfs: add file operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 06/12] ftrfs: add block and inode allocator Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 07/12] ftrfs: add filename and directory entry operations Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 08/12] ftrfs: add CRC32 checksumming and Reed-Solomon FEC skeleton Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 09/12] ftrfs: add Kconfig, Makefile and fs/ tree integration Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 10/12] MAINTAINERS: add entry for FTRFS filesystem Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 11/12] ftrfs: v2 fixes — write path, inode lifecycle, on-disk format Aurelien DESBRIERES
2026-04-14 12:07   ` [PATCH v3 12/12] ftrfs: v3 — iomap IO path, rename, RS decoder, Radiation Event Journal Aurelien DESBRIERES

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