linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 01/14] nvme-core: introduce nvme_ctrl_get_by

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Date:   Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:20:51 +0300
From:   Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        "Keith Busch" <kbusch@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <Chaitanya.Kulkarni@....com>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/14] nvme-core: introduce nvme_ctrl_get_by_path()


On 8/2/2019 2:45 AM, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> nvme_ctrl_get_by_path() is analagous to blkdev_get_by_path() except it
> gets a struct nvme_ctrl from the path to its char dev (/dev/nvme0).
> It makes use of filp_open() to open the file and uses the private
> data to obtain a pointer to the struct nvme_ctrl. If the fops of the
> file do not match, -EINVAL is returned.
>
> The purpose of this function is to support NVMe-OF target passthru.
>
> Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
> ---
>   drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h |  2 ++
>   2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)


Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>