[PATCH] libxfs: readahead of dir3 data blocks should use the read verifier

Christoph Hellwig hch at infradead.org
Wed Aug 12 02:28:34 CDT 2015


On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 04:50:38PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> In the dir3 data block readahead function, use the regular read
> verifier to check the block's CRC and spot-check the block contents
> instead of directly calling only the spot-checking routine.  This
> prevents corrupted directory data blocks from being read into the
> kernel, which can lead to garbage ls output and directory loops (if
> say one of the entries contains slashes and other junk).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong at oracle.com>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>



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