Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] block: sed-opal: support shadow MBR done flag and write
From: Scott Bauer
Date: Sun Jan 27 2019 - 16:15:02 EST
On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 11:31:31PM +0100, David Kozub wrote:
> This patch series extends OPAL support: it adds IOCTL for setting the shadow
> MBR done flag which can be useful for unlocking an OPAL disk on boot and it adds
> IOCTL for writing to the shadow MBR. Also included are some minor fixes and
> improvements.
>
> This series is based on the original work done by Jonas Rabenstein which was
> submitted in March 2018.[1] I tried to apply suggestions made in review on the
> list and do some further improvements.
>
> The most contentious issue in the original series was the IOCTL for shadow MBR
> write but I think no better approach was found[2] so this was not changed. I'm
> open to suggestions.
>
> There is a fork of sed-opal-temp that can use these new IOCTLs.[3] I tested
> these on Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO drives, on x86-64 and arm64 systems.
>
> The series applies on v5.0-rc3.
>
> Changes from v2 to v3:
> * review suggestions from Scott Bauer
>
> As Scott suggested I tried to do a more thorough testing, esp. with things like
> wrong passwords/invalid values. I did not observe any crash or unexpected
> behavior.
>
> David Kozub (8):
> block: sed-opal: fix typos and formatting
> block: sed-opal: close parameter list in cmd_finalize
> block: sed-opal: unify cmd start
> block: sed-opal: unify error handling of responses
> block: sed-opal: reuse response_get_token to decrease code duplication
> block: sed-opal: pass steps via argument rather than via opal_dev
> block: sed-opal: don't repeat opal_discovery0 in each steps array
> block: sed-opal: rename next to execute_steps
>
You forgot to send 16/16 again in v3. I pulled and tested off your github page.
If you send a v4 or just resend that patch you can add my reviewed-by, as I reviewed it
on my tree/from your github.