linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 09/14] nvmet-fcloop: allocate/free fcloop

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Message-ID: <ef064271-7328-41b9-8df0-b4a3639ae33f@suse.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:18:24 +0200
From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To: Daniel Wagner <wagi@...nel.org>, James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
 Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
 Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@...dia.com>
Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 09/14] nvmet-fcloop: allocate/free fcloop_lsreq
 directly

On 4/23/25 15:21, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> fcloop depends on the host or the target to allocate the fcloop_lsreq
> object. This means that the lifetime of the fcloop_lsreq is tied to
> either the host or the target. Consequently, the host or the target must
> cooperate during shutdown.
> 
> Unfortunately, this approach does not work well when the target forces a
> shutdown, as there are dependencies that are difficult to resolve in a
> clean way.
> 
> The simplest solution is to decouple the lifetime of the fcloop_lsreq
> object by managing them directly within fcloop. Since this is not a
> performance-critical path and only a small number of LS objects are used
> during setup and cleanup, it does not significantly impact performance
> to allocate them during normal operation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <wagi@...nel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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