1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/verify.go b/cmd/verify.go
index 401787f..d0360f6 100644
--- a/cmd/verify.go
+++ b/cmd/verify.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func NewVerifyCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
+// validateThread validates a chain of nodes against a given byte slice
 func validateThread(blockStart int, blockEnd int, bundleSize int, diskBytes []byte, n int, dbfile string, waitGroup *sync.WaitGroup, errChan chan error) {
 	defer waitGroup.Done()
 	defer close(errChan)
@@ -88,14 +89,17 @@ func ValidateCommand(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Usage: fsverify verify [disk]")
 	}
 	header, err := core.ReadHeader(config.FsVerifyPart)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
+	// Check if the partition is even correct
+	// this does not check if the partition has been tampered with
+	// it only checks if the specified partition is even an fsverify partition
 	if header.MagicNumber != 0xACAB {
 		return fmt.Errorf("sanity bit does not match. Expected %d, got %d", 0xACAB, header.MagicNumber)
 	}
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	fmt.Println("Reading DB")
 	dbfile, err := core.ReadDB(config.FsVerifyPart)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -127,6 +131,8 @@ func ValidateCommand(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	diskSize := diskInfo.Size()
 
+	// If the filesystem size has increased ever since the fsverify partition was created
+	// it would mean that fsverify is not able to verify the entire partition, making it useless
 	if header.FilesystemSize*header.FilesystemUnit != int(diskSize) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("disk size does not match disk size specified in header. Expected %d, got %d", header.FilesystemSize*header.FilesystemUnit, diskSize)
 	}
@@ -142,6 +148,8 @@ func ValidateCommand(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	errChan := make(chan error)
 	validateFailed = false
 	for i := 0; i < config.ProcCount; i++ {
+		// To ensure that each thread only uses the byte area it is meant to use, a copy of the
+		// area is made
 		diskBytes, err := core.CopyByteArea(i*(int(bundleSize)), (i+1)*(int(bundleSize)), reader)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println("Failed to copy byte area ", i*int(bundleSize), " ", (i+1)+int(bundleSize))