Re: [PATCH 08/13] fsverity: expose merkle tree geometry to callers

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On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 05:45:45PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 10:50:45PM -0400, Eric Biggers wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> How about:
> 
> /**
>  * fsverity_merkle_tree_geometry() - return Merkle tree geometry
>  * @inode: the inode to query
>  * @block_size: size of a merkle tree block, in bytes
>  * @tree_size: size of the merkle tree, in bytes
>  *
>  * Callers are not required to have opened the file.
>  */

Looks okay, but it would be helpful to document that the two output parameters
are outputs, and to document the return value.

- Eric




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