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

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Message-Id: <1994749.6ROMBDTyAZ@localhost.localdomain>
Date:   Tue, 27 Nov 2018 08:33:52 +0530
From:   Chandan Rajendra <chandan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
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 Monday, November 26, 2018 11:06:15 PM IST Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> 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.
> 

I will check this and report back soon. 

-- 
chandan