From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752246AbdEDHv1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2017 03:51:27 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f68.google.com ([74.125.82.68]:35539 "EHLO mail-wm0-f68.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751484AbdEDHvU (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 May 2017 03:51:20 -0400 From: Milan Broz To: dm-devel@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Milan Broz Subject: [PATCH] dm-integrity: Add proper description of module to KConfig. Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 09:50:44 +0200 Message-Id: <20170504075044.5766-1-gmazyland@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.11.0 In-Reply-To: References: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Add more descriptive text to explain what it the dm-integrity when it should be enabled. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz --- drivers/md/Kconfig | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig index 7468a22f9d10..3e96fccbbdb2 100644 --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -509,6 +509,20 @@ config DM_INTEGRITY select CRYPTO select ASYNC_XOR ---help--- - This is the integrity target. + This device-mapper target emulates a block device that has additional + per-sector tags that can be used for storing integrity information. + + The dm-integrity target is used with the dm-crypt target to provide + authenticated disk encryption or it can also be used as a standalone + target. In standalone mode it calculates and verifies the data integrity + internally. + + You should enable this option if you plan to use dm-crypt target + in authenticated disk encryption mode. + + To compile this code as a module, choose M here: the module will + be called dm-integrity. + + If unsure, say N. endif # MD -- 2.11.0