Re: [PATCH v2] xfs: check v5 superblock features early

Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:22:59 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:00:58 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> When working on a new features that reuses the existing pad in the
> superblock, I noticed that mounting such a file system on an old kernel
> logs a rather confusing warning:
> 
>     XFS (vdc): Metadir superblock padding fields must be zero.
> 
> This is because we only validate the various feature fields in v5
> superblocks after the common superblock validation helper is called.
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next, thanks!

[1/1] xfs: check v5 superblock features early
      commit: eb6b2cc1fc8ad566d746d128a559989ff0bba5cc

Best regards,
-- 
Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]>