Re: [PATCH 0/6] block: add support for REQ_OP_VERIFY

Christoph Hellwig
2022-07-05T08:39:00Z

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 02:14:00AM -0700, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> This adds support for the REQ_OP_VERIFY. In this version we add
> support for block layer. NVMe host side, NVMeOF Block device backend,
> and NVMeOF File device backend and null_blk driver.

Who is "we" in this patch set?

> Here is a link for the complete cover-letter for the background to save
> reviewer's time :-
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/dm-devel/cover/20211104064634.4481-1-chaitanyak@nvidia.com/

Well, the cover letter should be here.

Also I don't see how an NVMe-only implementation. If we don't also
cover SCSI and ATA there isn't much this API buys a potential user.