From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hch@lst.de (Christoph Hellwig) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:30:36 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nvme-multipath: relax ANA state check In-Reply-To: <20190128142446.6732-1-marting@netapp.com> References: <20190128142446.6732-1-marting@netapp.com> Message-ID: <20190128163036.GB12288@lst.de> On Mon, Jan 28, 2019@07:54:46PM +0530, martinus.gpy@gmail.com wrote: > From: Martin George > > Always call nvme_mpath_set_live() when transitioning to a live > state, where live is defined as ANA Optimized or Non-Optimized, > irrespective of what the previous asymmetric access state was. > This removes the restriction of only permitting transitions > from states that were not considered live. This still doesn't make sense. We never prohibit a transition here. What kind of problem do you see that triggered this patch?