linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] lightnvm: Support for Open-Channel SSDs

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Date:	Fri, 4 Sep 2015 16:27:11 +0800
From:	Dongsheng Yang <yangds.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Matias Bjørling <m@...rling.me>,
	<hch@...radead.org>, <axboe@...com>,
	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>
CC:	<jg@...htnvm.io>, <Stephen.Bates@...s.com>,
	<keith.busch@...el.com>,
	Matias Bjørling <mb@...htnvm.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] lightnvm: Support for Open-Channel SSDs

On 09/04/2015 04:05 PM, Matias Bjørling wrote:
>>
>> So here is a suggestion, register_bm again
>> if we found nvm_dev->bm == NULL in create_target(). And if it is still
>> NULL after that. return an error "nvm: no compatible bm was found"
>> and stop target creating. Otherwise, there would be a NULL Pointer
>> reference problem.
>>
>> That's a real problem I met in my testing and I did this change
>> in my local using. I hope that's useful to you.
>>
> Hi Yang,
> ac
> Similar to this?

Okey, I attached two changes in my local using. I hope that
useful to you.

Yang
>
> diff --git i/drivers/lightnvm/core.c w/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> index 5e4c2b8..0d2e5e3 100644
> --- i/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> +++ w/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> @@ -262,8 +262,9 @@ int nvm_init(struct nvm_dev *dev)
>          }
>
>          if (!ret) {
> -               pr_info("nvm: no compatible bm was found.\n");
> -               return 0;
> +               pr_info("nvm: %s was not initialized due to no
> compatible bm.\n",
> +                                                               dev->name);
> +               return -EINVAL;
>          }
>
>          pr_info("nvm: registered %s with luns: %u blocks: %lu sector
> size: %d\n",
>
>
>
> .
>


View attachment "0002-lightNVM-register-bm-in-nvm_create_target-if-dev-bm-.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (1558 bytes)

View attachment "0001-lightNVM-fix-a-compatibility-problem-in-compiling.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (5429 bytes)