Re: [PATCH] nvmet: add revalidation support to bdev and file backed namespaces

From: Chaitanya Kulkarni
Date: Fri Apr 03 2020 - 16:30:02 EST


On 04/02/2020 12:31 PM, Anthony Iliopoulos wrote:
> +void nvmet_file_ns_revalidate(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
> +{
> + struct kstat stat;
> +
> + if (!ns->file)
> + return;
No need for the above check.
> +
> + if (vfs_getattr(&ns->file->f_path,
> + &stat, STATX_SIZE, AT_STATX_FORCE_SYNC))
> + return;

Error handling needed ? What should we set ns->size if vfs_getattr
fails ? in case of error what nvmet_identify_ns() report success or a
failure ?
> +
> + ns->size = stat.size;
bdev checks the ns->size != size, why the same check is not here ?

Just remove the check from bdev and see my comment there.
> +}