linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ext4, f2fs: stop using PG

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Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 11:27:19 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-fscrypt@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] ext4, f2fs: stop using PG_error for fscrypt and
 fsverity

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 04:50:50PM -0700, Eric Biggers wrote:
> This series changes ext4 and f2fs to stop using PG_error to track
> decryption and verity errors.  This is a step towards freeing up
> PG_error for other uses, as discussed at
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/Yn10Iz1mJX1Mu1rv@casper.infradead.org
> 
> Note: due to the interdependencies with fs/crypto/ and fs/verity/,
> I couldn't split this up into separate patches for each filesystem.
> I'd appreciate Acks from the ext4 and f2fs maintainers so that I can
> take these patches.  Otherwise I'm not sure how to move them forward.
> 
> Changed v1 => v2:
>    - Rebased onto v6.0-rc1 and resolved conflicts in f2fs.
> 
> Eric Biggers (2):
>   fscrypt: stop using PG_error to track error status
>   fsverity: stop using PG_error to track error status
> 
>  fs/crypto/bio.c         | 16 +++++++----
>  fs/ext4/readpage.c      | 16 +++++------
>  fs/f2fs/compress.c      | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  fs/f2fs/data.c          | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>  fs/verity/verify.c      | 12 ++++----
>  include/linux/fscrypt.h |  5 ++--
>  6 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 568035b01cfb107af8d2e4bd2fb9aea22cf5b868

I'd appreciate review from the f2fs folks on this series, as that's where the
most complex changes are.

- Eric