linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH blktests v2 02/11] common/xfs: Create common helper to check for XFS support

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Date:   Wed, 7 Oct 2020 00:58:23 +0000
From:   Chaitanya Kulkarni <Chaitanya.Kulkarni@....com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>
CC:     Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH blktests v2 02/11] common/xfs: Create common helper to
 check for XFS support

On 10/6/20 16:51, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> _have_xfs() does return true/false and can be used with && or in a
> conditional.
>
> Per [1], my opinion is that using && in the requires() function where
> the return value is ignored is confusing so I prefer not to do it in new
> code.
>
> If we want to reconsider this we, should add a check to ensure the
> return value of requires() matches the expectation of the global
> variable it uses.
>
> Logan
>
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/92478e6f-622a-a1ae-6189-4009f9a307bc@deltatee.com/

Make sense to me, lets not change this, thanks for pointing that out.