> - if ((src->ref_tag == 0xffffffff) || > - (src->app_tag == 0xffff)) { > + if ((src->ref_tag == T10_REF_ESCAPE) || > + (src->app_tag == T10_APP_ESCAPE)) { Please remove the inner braces while you're at it (also later in the patch). > index 9fba9dd..c96845c 100644 > --- a/include/linux/t10-pi.h > +++ b/include/linux/t10-pi.h > @@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ enum t10_dif_type { > T10_PI_TYPE3_PROTECTION = 0x3, > }; > > +static const __be16 T10_APP_ESCAPE = (__force __be16) 0xffff; > +static const __be32 T10_REF_ESCAPE = (__force __be32) 0xffffffff; I'd do this as: #define T10_APP_ESCAPE cpu_to_be16(0xffff); #define T10_REF_ESCAPE cpu_to_be32(0xffffffff); This avoids relying on the compiler to merge constants, and also gets the endianess annotation right instead of force escaping it.