linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH blktests v4 0/3] Introduce nvmet target setup/cleanup helpers

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Message-ID: <yhnyazgqmgbzsa5irt4cu3735qxuvbl5czicsaxl7zm6ckjkzf@2cs7fpg2qvpb>
Date:   Thu, 31 Aug 2023 02:25:23 +0000
From:   Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@....com>
To:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
CC:     "linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH blktests v4 0/3] Introduce nvmet target setup/cleanup
 helpers

On Aug 30, 2023 / 11:20, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> Updated the series according the last round of feedback and retested it. In
> order to pass the 'make check' check this version depends on the upcoming revert
> of 26664dff17b6 ("Do not suppress any shellcheck warnings") as discussed in the
> v3 thread.
> 
> original cover letter:
> 
> Introduce helpers to setup nvmet targets. This is spin off from the refactoring
> patches and the allowed_host patches [1].
> 
> Sagi suggested to record all resources allocated by nvmet_target_setup and then
> later clean them up in nvmet_target_cleanup. I opted to figure out in
> nvmet_target_cleanup what was allocated via the newly introdcuded _get_nvmet_ports
> helper. The reason being, Hannes told me offline that he would like to add ANA
> tests which will add some more ports to the subsystem. I hope with this
> the code is more future proof.
> 
> BTW, while looking at this I saw that the passthru code is using the awkward
> return value port when calling nvmet_passthru_target_setup. It seems some
> more refactoring is in order...
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/5h333eqhtw252sjw6axjewlb5bbb5ze7awekczxe3kie2lnhw6@manyer42khct/

I've applied the series with the fix noted for the 3rd patch. I also reverted
the commit 26664dff17b6 together. Thanks again for this clean up :)