Re: [PATCH 1/1] dm raid: fix compat_features validation

[Mike Snitzer]

On Tue, Oct 11 2016 at 11:44am -0400,
Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 10/11/2016 05:38 PM, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> >On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 05:04:34PM +0200, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> >>Andy,
> >>
> >>good catch.
> >>
> >>We should rather check for  V190 support only in case any
> >>compat feature flags are actually set.
> >>
> >>{
> >>+       if (le32_to_cpu(sb->compat_features) &&
> >>+           le32_to_cpu(sb->compat_features) != FEATURE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_V190)
> >>{
> >>                 rs->ti->error = "Unable to assemble array: Unknown flag(s)
> >>in compatible feature flags";
> >>                 return -EINVAL;
> >>         }
> >If the feature flags are single bit combinations then I believe the
> >below does check exactly that.  Checking for no 1s outside of the
> >expected features, caring not for the value of the valid bits:
> >
> >+     if (le32_to_cpu(sb->compat_features) & ~(FEATURE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_V190)) {
> >
> >with the possibilty to or in additional feature bits as they are added.
> 
> Thanks,
> I prefer this to be easier readable.

Readable or not, the code with the != is _not_ future-proof.  Whereas
Andy's solution is.  If/when a new compat feature comes along then
FEATURE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_V190 would be replaced to be a macro that ORs all
the new compat features together (e.g. FEATURE_FLAG_COMPAT).  E.g. how
dm-thin-metadata.c:__check_incompat_features() does.

We can go with the != code for now, since any future changes would
likely cause this test to be changed.  Or we could fix it now _for
real_.

Mike