Re: [PATCHv2 2/7] nvme: allow integrity on extended metadata formats

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 2/1/22 20:01, Keith Busch wrote:
> The block integrity subsystem knows how to construct protection
> information buffers with metadata beyond the protection information
> fields. Remove the driver restriction.
>
> Note, this can only work if the PI field appears first in the metadata,
> as the integrity subsystem doesn't calculate guard tags on preceding
> metadata.
>
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 7 ++-----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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