linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmet: add revalidation support to bdev and file backed namespaces

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Date:   Fri, 3 Apr 2020 20:29:56 +0000
From:   Chaitanya Kulkarni <Chaitanya.Kulkarni@....com>
To:     Anthony Iliopoulos <ailiop@...e.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
CC:     "linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet: add revalidation support to bdev and file backed
 namespaces

On 04/02/2020 12:31 PM, Anthony Iliopoulos wrote:
> +void nvmet_file_ns_revalidate(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
> +{
> +	struct kstat stat;
> +
> +	if (!ns->file)
> +		return;
No need for the above check.
> +
> +	if (vfs_getattr(&ns->file->f_path,
> +			&stat, STATX_SIZE, AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC))
> +		return;

Error handling needed ? What should we set ns->size if vfs_getattr
fails ? in case of error what nvmet_identify_ns() report success or a
failure ?
> +
> +	ns->size = stat.size;
bdev checks the ns->size != size, why the same check is not here ?

Just remove the check from bdev and see my comment there.
> +}