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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 07:59:38 +0000
From: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@...wei.com>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
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Subject: RE: [RFC][PATCH] device mapper: Add builtin function dm_get_status()
> From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:hch@...radead.org]
> Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 8:21 AM
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 05:37:08PM +0100, Roberto Sassu wrote:
> > Users of the device mapper driver might want to obtain a device status,
> > with status types defined in the status_type_t enumerator.
>
> The patch looks really odd. And without the corresponding user of your
> new functionality it is entirely unreviewable anyway.
Hi Christoph
ok, I will send it together with a patch for a not yet accepted
software, Integrity Policy Enforcement (IPE), that will be
the primary user of the introduced functionality.
Regarding the patch itself, could you please provide a more
detailed explanation?
Thanks
Roberto
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES Duesseldorf GmbH, HRB 56063
Managing Director: Li Peng, Zhong Ronghua
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