uint32_t udfperms;
        uint16_t icbflags;
        uint16_t crclen;
-       int i;
        kernel_timestamp cpu_time;
        int err = 0;
        struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(inode->i_sb);
                use->descTag.descCRC = cpu_to_le16(udf_crc((char *)use +
                                                           sizeof(tag), crclen,
                                                           0));
-
-               use->descTag.tagChecksum = 0;
-               for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-                       if (i != 4)
-                               use->descTag.tagChecksum +=
-                                               ((uint8_t *)&(use->descTag))[i];
+               use->descTag.tagChecksum = udf_tag_checksum(&use->descTag);
 
                mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
                brelse(bh);
        fe->descTag.descCRCLength = cpu_to_le16(crclen);
        fe->descTag.descCRC = cpu_to_le16(udf_crc((char *)fe + sizeof(tag),
                                                  crclen, 0));
-
-       fe->descTag.tagChecksum = 0;
-       for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-               if (i != 4)
-                       fe->descTag.tagChecksum +=
-                               ((uint8_t *)&(fe->descTag))[i];
+       fe->descTag.tagChecksum = udf_tag_checksum(&fe->descTag);
 
        /* write the data blocks */
        mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 
        uint8_t *ea = NULL, *ad = NULL;
        int offset;
        uint16_t crclen;
-       int i;
 
        ea = UDF_I_DATA(inode);
        if (UDF_I_LENEATTR(inode)) {
                eahd->descTag.descCRCLength = cpu_to_le16(crclen);
                eahd->descTag.descCRC = cpu_to_le16(udf_crc((char *)eahd +
                                                sizeof(tag), crclen, 0));
-               eahd->descTag.tagChecksum = 0;
-               for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-                       if (i != 4)
-                               eahd->descTag.tagChecksum +=
-                                       ((uint8_t *)&(eahd->descTag))[i];
+               eahd->descTag.tagChecksum = udf_tag_checksum(&eahd->descTag);
                UDF_I_LENEATTR(inode) += size;
                return (struct genericFormat *)&ea[offset];
        }
 {
        tag *tag_p;
        struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
-       register uint8_t checksum;
-       register int i;
        struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
 
        /* Read the block */
        }
 
        /* Verify the tag checksum */
-       checksum = 0U;
-       for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
-               checksum += (uint8_t)(bh->b_data[i]);
-       for (i = 5; i < 16; i++)
-               checksum += (uint8_t)(bh->b_data[i]);
-       if (checksum != tag_p->tagChecksum) {
+       if (udf_tag_checksum(tag_p) != tag_p->tagChecksum) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "udf: tag checksum failed block %d\n", block);
                goto error_out;
        }
 void udf_update_tag(char *data, int length)
 {
        tag *tptr = (tag *)data;
-       int i;
-
        length -= sizeof(tag);
 
-       tptr->tagChecksum = 0;
        tptr->descCRCLength = cpu_to_le16(length);
        tptr->descCRC = cpu_to_le16(udf_crc(data + sizeof(tag), length, 0));
-
-       for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-               if (i != 4)
-                       tptr->tagChecksum += (uint8_t)(data[i]);
+       tptr->tagChecksum = udf_tag_checksum(tptr);
 }
 
 void udf_new_tag(char *data, uint16_t ident, uint16_t version, uint16_t snum,
        tptr->tagLocation = cpu_to_le32(loc);
        udf_update_tag(data, length);
 }
+
+u8 udf_tag_checksum(const tag *t)
+{
+       u8 *data = (u8 *)t;
+       u8 checksum = 0;
+       int i;
+       for (i = 0; i < sizeof(tag); ++i)
+               if (i != 4) /* position of checksum */
+                       checksum += data[i];
+       return checksum;
+}
 
 {
        uint16_t crclen = fibh->eoffset - fibh->soffset - sizeof(tag);
        uint16_t crc;
-       uint8_t checksum = 0;
-       int i;
        int offset;
        uint16_t liu = le16_to_cpu(cfi->lengthOfImpUse);
        uint8_t lfi = cfi->lengthFileIdent;
 
        cfi->descTag.descCRC = cpu_to_le16(crc);
        cfi->descTag.descCRCLength = cpu_to_le16(crclen);
+       cfi->descTag.tagChecksum = udf_tag_checksum(&cfi->descTag);
 
-       for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-               if (i != 4)
-                       checksum += ((uint8_t *)&cfi->descTag)[i];
-       }
-
-       cfi->descTag.tagChecksum = checksum;
        if (adinicb || (sizeof(struct fileIdentDesc) <= -fibh->soffset)) {
                memcpy((uint8_t *)sfi, (uint8_t *)cfi,
                        sizeof(struct fileIdentDesc));
 
        struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
        struct buffer_head *bh = sbi->s_lvid_bh;
        if (bh) {
-               int i;
                kernel_timestamp cpu_time;
                struct logicalVolIntegrityDesc *lvid =
                                (struct logicalVolIntegrityDesc *)bh->b_data;
                                le16_to_cpu(lvid->descTag.descCRCLength),
                                0));
 
-               lvid->descTag.tagChecksum = 0;
-               for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-                       if (i != 4)
-                               lvid->descTag.tagChecksum +=
-                                       ((uint8_t *) &(lvid->descTag))[i];
-
+               lvid->descTag.tagChecksum = udf_tag_checksum(&lvid->descTag);
                mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
        }
 }
 static void udf_close_lvid(struct super_block *sb)
 {
        kernel_timestamp cpu_time;
-       int i;
        struct udf_sb_info *sbi = UDF_SB(sb);
        struct buffer_head *bh = sbi->s_lvid_bh;
        struct logicalVolIntegrityDesc *lvid;
                                le16_to_cpu(lvid->descTag.descCRCLength),
                                0));
 
-               lvid->descTag.tagChecksum = 0;
-               for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
-                       if (i != 4)
-                               lvid->descTag.tagChecksum +=
-                                       ((uint8_t *)&(lvid->descTag))[i];
-
+               lvid->descTag.tagChecksum = udf_tag_checksum(&lvid->descTag);
                mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
        }
 }
 
 
 #define udf_get_lb_pblock(sb,loc,offset) udf_get_pblock((sb), (loc).logicalBlockNum, (loc).partitionReferenceNum, (offset))
 
+/* computes tag checksum */
+u8 udf_tag_checksum(const tag *t);
+
 struct dentry;
 struct inode;
 struct task_struct;