linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] nvme: provide a way to disable nvme mpath per subsystem

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Date:   Thu, 31 May 2018 11:17:52 +0300
From:   Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Cc:     Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
        Laurence Oberman <loberman@...hat.com>,
        Ewan Milne <emilne@...hat.com>,
        James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux NVMe Mailinglist <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Martin George <marting@...app.com>,
        John Meneghini <John.Meneghini@...app.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] nvme: provide a way to disable nvme mpath per
 subsystem


> @@ -246,3 +246,27 @@ void nvme_mpath_remove_disk(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
>   	blk_cleanup_queue(head->disk->queue);
>   	put_disk(head->disk);
>   }
> +
> +int nvme_mpath_change_personality(struct nvme_subsystem *subsys)
> +{
> +	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +restart:
> +	mutex_lock(&subsys->lock);
> +	list_for_each_entry(ctrl, &subsys->ctrls, subsys_entry) {
> +		if (!list_empty(&ctrl->namespaces)) {
> +			mutex_unlock(&subsys->lock);
> +			nvme_remove_namespaces(ctrl);

This looks completely broken. Any of these namespaces can have an
active handle on it.