Re: [PATCH 0/1] fuse: Add initial support for fs-verity

[Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 08:58:21PM +0000, Richard Fung wrote:
> Hi! I am trying to add fs-verity support for virtiofs.
> 
> The main complication is that fs-verity ioctls do not have constant
> iovec lengths, so simply using _IOC_SIZE like with other ioctls does not
> work.
> 
> Note this doesn't include support for FS_IOC_READ_VERITY_METADATA.  I
> don't know of an existing use of it and I figured it would be better
> not to include code that wouldn't be used and tested. However if you feel
> like it should be added let me know.
> 
> (Also, apologies for any mistakes as this is my first Linux patch!)
> 
> Richard Fung (1):
>   fuse: Add initial support for fs-verity
> 
>  fs/fuse/ioctl.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)

Just a process note: single patches should not use a cover letter.  The
information should be in the patch instead, preferably in the actual commit
message but it's also possible to put text below the scissors line of the patch.

- Eric