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SubjectRe: [PATCH] nvme-core: Fix subsystem instance mismatches
On Wed, Sep 04, 2019 at 08:05:58AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2019 at 10:46:20AM -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> > Could we possibly make /dev/nvmeX be a subsystem handle without causing
> > trouble for anyone? This would essentially be the same thing as today
> > for non-CMIC controllers with a device-per-controller and only affects
> > the CMIC ones.
>
> A per-subsyste character device doesn't make sense, as a lot of admin
> command require a specific controller.

Yeah, I was hoping to provide something special for CMIC controllers
so you can do path specific admin, but that looks sure to break user
space.

> If this really is an isue for people we'll just need to refcount the
> handle allocation. That is:
>
> - nvme_init_ctrl allocates a new nvme_instance or so object, which
> does the ida_simple_get.
> - we allocate a new subsystem that reuses the handle and grabs
> a reference in nvme_init_subsystem, then if we find an existing
> subsystem we drop that reference again.
> - last free of a ctrl or subsystem also drops a reference, with
> the final free releasing the ida

Let me step through an example:

Ctrl A gets instance 0.

Its subsystem gets the same instance, and takes ref count on it:
all namespaces in this subsystem will use '0'.

Ctrl B gets instance 1, and it's in the same subsystem as Ctrl A so
no new subsytem is allocated.

Ctrl A is disconnected, dropping its ref on instance 0, but the
subsystem still has its refcount, making it unavailable.

Ctrl A is reconnected, and allocates instance 2 because 0 is still in
use.

Now all the namespaces in this subsystem are prefixed with nvme0, but no
controller exists with the same prefix. We still have inevitable naming
mismatch, right?

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