[PATCH] erofs: deprecate superblock checksum feature
Jingbo Xu
jefflexu at linux.alibaba.com
Fri Jul 14 14:50:16 AEST 2023
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.
[1]
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230714031034.53210-1-jefflexu@linux.alibaba.com/
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Thanks,
Jingbo
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