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Subject: Re: UFS2 metadata checksums
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Ivan Voras wrote:
> Scott Burns wrote:
> 
>> As long as there is some interest in this kind of functionality, I will
>> continue working on it.  The next step is to protect metadata structures
>> beyond inodes.  I am hoping to have some results to post in the next few
>> weeks.
> 
> Btw. what checksum do you use?

I haven't settled on anything yet.  Currently I'm just reading the 
dinode structure 32 bits at a time and doing a bitwise XOR.  It's just a 
proof of concept and I am open to suggestions.

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Scott Burns
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BQ Internet Corporation