mlog_errno(ret);
                return ret;
        }
-       /*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
-       if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
-                  strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
-               ret = -EFAULT;
-               goto cleanup;
-       }
 
        xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+       if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_XATTR_BLOCK(xb)) {
+               ret = -EIO;
+               goto cleanup;
+       }
 
        if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
                struct ocfs2_xattr_header *header = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
                mlog_errno(ret);
                return ret;
        }
-       /*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
-       if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
-                  strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
-               ret = -EFAULT;
+
+       xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+       if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_XATTR_BLOCK(xb)) {
+               ret = -EIO;
                goto cleanup;
        }
 
        xs->xattr_bh = blk_bh;
-       xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
 
        if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
                xs->header = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;
                goto out;
        }
 
-       /*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
-       if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
-                  strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
-               ret = -EFAULT;
+       xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+       if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_XATTR_BLOCK(xb)) {
+               ret = -EIO;
                goto out;
        }
 
                goto out;
        }
 
-       xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
        blk = le64_to_cpu(xb->xb_blkno);
        bit = le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_suballoc_bit);
        bg_blkno = ocfs2_which_suballoc_group(blk, bit);
                mlog_errno(ret);
                return ret;
        }
-       /*Verify the signature of xattr block*/
-       if (memcmp((void *)blk_bh->b_data, OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE,
-                  strlen(OCFS2_XATTR_BLOCK_SIGNATURE))) {
-                       ret = -EFAULT;
-                       goto cleanup;
+
+       xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
+       if (!OCFS2_IS_VALID_XATTR_BLOCK(xb)) {
+               ret = -EIO;
+               goto cleanup;
        }
 
        xs->xattr_bh = blk_bh;
-       xb = (struct ocfs2_xattr_block *)blk_bh->b_data;
 
        if (!(le16_to_cpu(xb->xb_flags) & OCFS2_XATTR_INDEXED)) {
                xs->header = &xb->xb_attrs.xb_header;