[PATCH] erofs: deprecate superblock checksum feature

Gao Xiang hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Fri Jul 14 15:58:13 AEST 2023



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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