Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:58:13 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] erofs: deprecate superblock checksum feature | From | Gao Xiang <> |
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On 2023/7/14 12:50, Jingbo Xu wrote: > > > On 7/14/23 12:29 PM, Gao Xiang wrote: >> >> >> On 2023/7/14 11:38, Jingbo Xu wrote: >>> Later we're going to introduce fs-verity based verification for the >>> whole image. Make the superblock checksum feature deprecated. >> >> I'd suggest that >> >> >> "Later we're going to try the self-contained image verification. >> The current superblock checksum feature has quite limited >> functionality, instead, merkle trees can provide better protection >> for image integrity. >> >> Since the superblock checksum is a compatible feature, just >> deprecate now. " >> > > Yeah, another concern is that xxhash is used in the following xattr name > filter feature [1] which is on the way. It may be redundant to use two > hashing algorithms for one filesystem.
Please help add this to the commit message when the next version is sent.
Thanks, Gao Xiang
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