Re: [PATCH v18 12/21] dm: add finalize hook to target_type

[Mikulas Patocka]

On Fri, 3 May 2024, Fan Wu wrote:

> This patch adds a target finalize hook.
> 
> The hook is triggered just before activating an inactive table of a
> mapped device. If it returns an error the __bind get cancelled.
> 
> The dm-verity target will use this hook to attach the dm-verity's
> roothash metadata to the block_device struct of the mapped device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fan Wu <wu...@linux.microsoft.com>

Hi

Why not use the preresume callback?

Is there some reason why do we need a new callback instead of using the 
existing one?

Mikulas