linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] block: introduce blk_ksm_is

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Message-ID: <20210330180423.GA811594@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2021 19:04:23 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Satya Tangirala <satyat@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] block: introduce blk_ksm_is_empty()

On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 09:26:02PM +0000, Satya Tangirala wrote:
> This function checks if a given keyslot manager supports any encryption
> mode/data unit size combination (and returns true if there is no such
> supported combination). Helps clean up code a little.

The name sounds a little strange to me, but the functionality looks
ok.  A kerneldoc comment might be useful to describe what it does so
that we don't have to rely on the name alone.