linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v15 2/9] nvme: Create helper function to obtain command effects

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Message-ID: <20200720140410.GB4627@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:04:10 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <Chaitanya.Kulkarni@....com>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Stephen Bates <sbates@...thlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/9] nvme: Create helper function to obtain command
 effects

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 02:33:12PM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Separate the code to obtain command effects from the code
> to start a passthru request and open code nvme_known_admin_effects()
> in the new helper.
> 
> The new helper function will be necessary for nvmet passthru
> code to determine if we need to change out of interrupt context
> to handle the effects.

I actually found the nvme_known_admin_effects pretty nice, as the
function name documents why it is there.  The rest looks fine to me.