linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] block: Introduce provisioning primitives

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Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:43:46 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Sarthak Kukreti <sarthakkukreti@...omium.org>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@...gle.com>,
        Daniil Lunev <dlunev@...gle.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/4] block: Introduce provisioning primitives

On 4/18/23 15:12, Sarthak Kukreti wrote:
>   	/* Fail if we don't recognize the flags. */
> -	if (mode & ~BLKDEV_FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED)
> +	if (mode != 0 && mode & ~BLKDEV_FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED)
>   		return -EOPNOTSUPP;

Is this change necessary? Doesn't (mode & ~BLKDEV_FALLOC_FL_SUPPORTED) 
!= 0 imply that mode != 0?

Thanks,

Bart.