1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
index 4df159d8f450..e3c13c77f9e8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.h
@@ -164,10 +164,24 @@ void ocfs2_free_ac_resource(struct ocfs2_alloc_context *ac);
  * and return that block offset. */
 u64 ocfs2_which_cluster_group(struct inode *inode, u32 cluster);
 
-/* somewhat more expensive than our other checks, so use sparingly. */
+/*
+ * By default, ocfs2_read_group_descriptor() calls ocfs2_error() when it
+ * finds a problem.  A caller that wants to check a group descriptor
+ * without going readonly should read the block with ocfs2_read_block[s]()
+ * and then checking it with this function.  This is only resize, really.
+ * Everyone else should be using ocfs2_read_group_descriptor().
+ */
 int ocfs2_check_group_descriptor(struct super_block *sb,
                                  struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
-                                 struct ocfs2_group_desc *gd);
+                                 struct buffer_head *bh);
+/*
+ * Read a group descriptor block into *bh.  If *bh is NULL, a bh will be
+ * allocated.  This is a cached read.  The descriptor will be validated with
+ * ocfs2_validate_group_descriptor().
+ */
+int ocfs2_read_group_descriptor(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_dinode *di,
+                                u64 gd_blkno, struct buffer_head **bh);
+
 int ocfs2_lock_allocators(struct inode *inode, struct ocfs2_extent_tree *et,
                           u32 clusters_to_add, u32 extents_to_split,
                           struct ocfs2_alloc_context **data_ac,