From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hch@lst.de (Christoph Hellwig) Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 16:53:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] nvmet: make MDTS value configurable In-Reply-To: <20190401031036.GB11565@localhost.localdomain> References: <20190329120404.55637-1-hare@suse.de> <20190329120404.55637-2-hare@suse.de> <3bfa0c56-91d1-a722-df92-1ed4744f04ad@mellanox.com> <9abfa47a-3374-a1a0-8370-1096d02743d0@suse.com> <20190401031036.GB11565@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <20190403145316.GA25258@lst.de> On Sun, Mar 31, 2019@09:10:37PM -0600, Keith Busch wrote: > Wouldn't this indicate MDTS should be driven from hardware constraints > rather than user tunable knobs? I don't think we should have user > parameters if their only purpose is to test how host drivers react > to them. It's okay if they've a functional purpose, but there are so > many adjustable nvme parameters, this is a bit of a slippery slope if we > want to turn the nvme target driver into a host driver test vehicle. Agreed. In that past we've not merged patches that just include tunables for testing purposes, and I'm inclined to keep that stance.