linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme: Use NN for max

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Date:   Tue, 25 May 2021 09:22:34 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: Use NN for max_namespaces if MNAN is zero

On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 09:12:59AM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 09:37:03AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > I think we should add a sanity check for that and reject the broken
> > controller if that is not the case rather than working around it.
> 
> Alright. I understood from the spec, that in the non ANA case the NN
> field should still be case though?

For non-ANA MNAN doesn't have to be set indeed.  But we also don't use
the value at all either.