linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH blktests v1 3/3] nvme/{041,042,043,044,045}: Use default hostnqn and hostid

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:32:10 +0200
From:   Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
To:     Max Gurtovoy <mgurtovoy@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
        Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro@...tmail.com>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        James Smart <jsmart2021@...il.com>,
        Martin Belanger <Martin.Belanger@...l.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH blktests v1 3/3] nvme/{041,042,043,044,045}: Use default
 hostnqn and hostid

On Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 07:06:28PM +0300, Max Gurtovoy wrote:
> 
> 
> On 20/06/2023 16:27, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> > The host might have enabled the udev/systemd auto connect feature.
> > This disturbs the blktests for the fc transport. nvme-cli is able
> > to distinguish between the different invocations via the --context
> > option. In order to get this working we have to use the default
> > hostnqn and hostid and not randon generated IDs for every single
> > run.
> > 
> 
> In the bellow tests the hostnqn and hostid are randomly generated for each
> test, so how will it disturb the udev/systemd ?

No, random hostnqn should work as well. The only requirement is that the
hostnqn(s) used by blktest are unique.

> I'm not sure how will this change fix something and not sure why --context
> is mentioned here.

Sorry about that. I should have updated the commit message. A left over from a
earlier version.

> Seems like a good explanation to this patch is to used a dedicated hostnqn
> and hostid for blktests instead of randomly generate it.

Okay, I'll update the commit message to reflect this. I suppose I could also
look into getting rid of the local variables in the tests.