linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 10/16] block: sed-opal: add ioctl for done-mark of shadow mbr

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Message-ID: <20190127210736.GJ21149@hacktheplanet>
Date:   Sun, 27 Jan 2019 16:07:36 -0500
From:   Scott Bauer <sbauer@...donthack.me>
To:     David Kozub <zub@...ux.fjfi.cvut.cz>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Jonathan Derrick <jonathan.derrick@...el.com>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/16] block: sed-opal: add ioctl for done-mark of
 shadow mbr

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 11:31:41PM +0100, David Kozub wrote:
> From: Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>
> 
> Enable users to mark the shadow mbr as done without completely
> deactivating the shadow mbr feature. This may be useful on reboots,
> when the power to the disk is not disconnected in between and the shadow
> mbr stores the required boot files. Of course, this saves also the
> (few) commands required to enable the feature if it is already enabled
> and one only wants to mark the shadow mbr as done.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonas Rabenstein <jonas.rabenstein@...dium.uni-erlangen.de>
Reviewed-by: Scott Bauer <sbauer@...donthack.me>