linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 5/7] ext4: use IS_VERITY() to check inode's fsverity status

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Message-ID: <20181126173615.GB22888@thunk.org>
Date:   Mon, 26 Nov 2018 12:36:15 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, ebiggers@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] ext4: use IS_VERITY() to check inode's fsverity
 status

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 10:53:22AM +0530, Chandan Rajendra wrote:
> This commit now uses IS_VERITY() macro to check if fsverity is
> enabled on an inode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

This patch causes a massive number of fsverity tests.  I suspect it's
due to a mismatch between the ext4's inode flags as opposed to the VFS
inode's flags.  I'll take a closer look in the next day or two.

Cheers,

						- Ted