Re: [PATCH 0/7] Remove data_len field from the nvmet_req struct

[Keith Busch]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 10:35:38AM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patchset is a cleanup in preparation for the passthru patchset.
> The aim is to remove the data_len field in the nvmet_req struct and
> instead just check the length is appropriate inside the execute
> handlers. This is more appropriate for passthru which may have
> commands with unknown lengths (like Vendor Specific Commands).
> It's also in improvement seeing it can often be confusing when
> it's best to use the data_len field over the transfer_len field.
> The first two patches in this series remove some questionable uses
> of the data_len field in nvmt-tcp
> 
> Most of this patchset was extracted from a draft patch from
> Christoph[1].
> 
> The series is based on v5.4-rc4 and a git branch is available here:
> 
> https://github.com/sbates130272/linux-p2pmem/branches nvmet_data_len
> 
> Logan

Thanks, applied to nvme-5.5 with the requested author attribution.