linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] dm-verity: remove support for asynchronous hashes

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Message-ID: <20250710160447.GA604603@google.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:04:47 +0000
From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc: Milan Broz <gmazyland@...il.com>, dm-devel@...ts.linux.dev,
	Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
	"Jason A . Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
	Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] dm-verity: remove support for asynchronous hashes

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 08:55:31AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 7/10/25 1:28 AM, Milan Broz wrote:
> > Just one nitpick - could you please increase minor version of dm-
> > verity target, so we have information in debug log that it is a
> > patched version?
> Others are convinced that version numbers have no place in the upstream
> kernel and that all version information should be removed from upstream
> kernel drivers.

As long as it's there, we might as well update it.  But yes, the
device-mapper version numbers don't work all that well.

- Eric