linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/9] bio-integrity: fold bio_integrity_enabled to bio_integrity

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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:40:58 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] bio-integrity: fold bio_integrity_enabled to bio_integrity_prep

Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org> writes:

> Currently all integrity prep hooks are open-coded, and if prepare
> fails we ignore it's code and fail bio with EIO. Let's return real
> error to upper layer, so later caller may react accordingly.
>
> In fact no one want to use bio_integrity_prep() w/o
> bio_integrity_enabled, so it is reasonable to fold it in to one
> function.

Agree with Christoph's comments. Otherwise OK.

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering