[PATCH] block: always allocate integrity buffer

Jens Axboe axboe at kernel.dk
Wed May 7 11:37:33 PDT 2025


On 5/7/25 9:37 AM, Keith Busch wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <kbusch at kernel.org>
> 
> The integrity buffer is mandatory for nvme formats that have metadata
> whether or not you want it generated or verified. The block integrity
> attributes read_verify and write_generate had been stopping the metadata
> buffer from being allocated and attached to the bio entirely. We only
> want to suppress the protection checks on the device and host, but we
> still need the buffer.

Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe <axboe at kernel.dk>

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Jens Axboe



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