linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] fs: Wire up SED/Opal to ioctl

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Date:   Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:21:58 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Scott Bauer <scott.bauer@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, Rafael.Antognolli@...el.com,
        axboe@...com, keith.busch@...el.com, jonathan.derrick@...el.com,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, hch@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sagi@...mberg.me
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] fs: Wire up SED/Opal to ioctl

> @@ -853,6 +854,7 @@ struct file {
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
>  	void			*f_security;
>  #endif
> +	struct sed_context      *f_sedctx;

Adding a new field to the global struct file for a block driver
feature is not acceptable.  And I don't really see why it would
be nessecary anyway.