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>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/jbd_common.h b/include/linux/jbd_common.h
index 6230f8556a4e..6133679bc4c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd_common.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd_common.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ enum jbd_state_bits {
         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 @@ TAS_BUFFER_FNS(Revoked, revoked)
 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)
 {