On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 09:04:34AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Given that blk_ksm_get_slot_for_key returns a signed keyslot that > can return errors, and the only callers stores it in a signed variable > I think this function should take a signed slot as well, and the check > for a non-negative slot should be moved here from the only caller. Actually looking over the code again I think it might be better to return only the error code (and that might actually be a blk_status_t), and then use an argument to return a pointer to the actual struct keyslot. That gives us much easier to understand code and better type safety.