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What checksum function does Btrfs use?

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What checksum function does Btrfs use?

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Currently Btrfs uses crc32c for data and metadata. The disk format has room for 256bits of checksum for metadata and up to a full leaf block (roughly 4k or more) for data blocks. Over time we’ll add support for more checksum alternatives.

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