linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] scsi: fnic: Add and use fnic number

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Message-ID: <7526d690-1deb-4611-92ef-a3707ebd60a5@suse.de>
Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2023 08:25:52 +0100
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@...co.com>, sebaddel@...co.com
Cc:     arulponn@...co.com, djhawar@...co.com, gcboffa@...co.com,
        mkai2@...co.com, satishkh@...co.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/13] scsi: fnic: Add and use fnic number

On 10/27/23 20:02, Karan Tilak Kumar wrote:
> Add fnic_num in fnic.h to identify fnic in a multi-fnic environment.
> Increment and set the fnic number during driver load in fnic_probe.
> Replace the host number with fnic number in debugfs.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Sesidhar Baddela <sebaddel@...co.com>
> Reviewed-by: Arulprabhu Ponnusamy <arulponn@...co.com>
> Signed-off-by: Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@...co.com>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic.h         | 1 +
>   drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_debugfs.c | 2 +-
>   drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_main.c    | 6 +++++-
>   3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Why? The scsi host number gives you a perfectly good enumeration.
And really all you do is replacing the scsi host number with an internal
number, with no change in functionality.

Why?

Cheers,

Hannes
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