ext4: create a new BH_Verified flag to avoid unnecessary metadata validation
Create a new BH_Verified flag to indicate that we've verified all the
data in a buffer_head for correctness. This allows us to bypass
expensive verification steps when they are not necessary without
missing them when they are.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd_common.h b/include/linux/jbd_common.h
index 6230f85..6133679 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd_common.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd_common.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
BH_State, /* Pins most journal_head state */
BH_JournalHead, /* Pins bh->b_private and jh->b_bh */
BH_Unshadow, /* Dummy bit, for BJ_Shadow wakeup filtering */
+ BH_Verified, /* Metadata block has been verified ok */
BH_JBDPrivateStart, /* First bit available for private use by FS */
};
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
TAS_BUFFER_FNS(RevokeValid, revokevalid)
BUFFER_FNS(Freed, freed)
+BUFFER_FNS(Verified, verified)
static inline struct buffer_head *jh2bh(struct journal_head *jh)
{