On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 05:34:45PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > +/** > + * fsverity_merkle_tree_geometry() - return Merkle tree geometry > + * @inode: the inode for which the Merkle tree is being built This function is actually for inodes that already have fsverity enabled. So the above comment is misleading. > +int fsverity_merkle_tree_geometry(struct inode *inode, unsigned int *block_size, > + u64 *tree_size) > +{ > + struct fsverity_info *vi; > + int error; > + > + if (!IS_VERITY(inode)) > + return -EOPNOTSUPP; Maybe use ENODATA, similar to fsverity_ioctl_measure() and bpf_get_fsverity_digest(). > + > + error = ensure_verity_info(inode); > + if (error) > + return error; > + > + vi = fsverity_get_info(inode); This can just use 'vi = inode->i_verity_info', since ensure_verity_info() was called. It should also be documented that an open need not have been done on the file yet, as this behavior differs from functions like fsverity_get_digest() that require that an open was done first. - Eric