Re: [PATCH 02/11] block: remove the unused BIP_{CTRL,DISK}_NOCHECK flags

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 07:48:52AM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> Fundamentally, the biggest problem we had with the original
> implementation was that the "integrity profile" was static on a per
> controller+device basis. The purpose of 1.1 was to make sure that how to
> handle integrity metadata was a per-I/O decision with what to check and
> how to do it driven by whichever entity attached the PI. As opposed to
> being inferred by controllers and targets (through INQUIRY snooping,
> etc.).
> 
> We can add the flags back as part of the io_uring series but it does
> seem like unnecessary churn to remove things in one release only to add
> them back in the next (I'm assuming passthrough will be in 6.12).

I can just keep the flags in, they aren't really in the way of anything
else here.  That being said, if you want opt-in aren't they the wrong
polarity anyway?





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