Re: [PATCH v12 04/12] block: Make blk-integrity preclude hardware inline encryption

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On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 11:59:51AM +0000, Satya Tangirala wrote:
> Whenever a device supports blk-integrity, make the kernel pretend that
> the device doesn't support inline encryption (essentially by setting the
> keyslot manager in the request queue to NULL).
> 
> There's no hardware currently that supports both integrity and inline
> encryption. However, it seems possible that there will be such hardware
> in the near future (like the NVMe key per I/O support that might support
> both inline encryption and PI).
> 
> But properly integrating both features is not trivial, and without
> real hardware that implements both, it is difficult to tell if it will
> be done correctly by the majority of hardware that support both.
> So it seems best not to support both features together right now, and
> to decide what to do at probe time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Satya Tangirala <satyat@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good, you can add:

    Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>

- Eric



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