From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05533C4361B for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2020 14:07:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B218323447 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2020 14:07:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726237AbgLGOHK (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2020 09:07:10 -0500 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]:41998 "EHLO verein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726007AbgLGOHJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Dec 2020 09:07:09 -0500 Received: by verein.lst.de (Postfix, from userid 2407) id 8538167373; Mon, 7 Dec 2020 15:06:26 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 15:06:26 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Javier =?iso-8859-1?Q?Gonz=E1lez?= Cc: Christoph Hellwig , Keith Busch , Minwoo Im , linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, sagi@grimberg.me Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] nvme: enable char device per namespace Message-ID: <20201207140626.GB31159@lst.de> References: <20201201125610.17138-1-javier.gonz@samsung.com> <20201201125610.17138-5-javier.gonz@samsung.com> <20201201140348.GA5138@localhost.localdomain> <20201201185732.unlurqed2kaqwjsb@MacBook-Pro.localdomain> <20201201193002.GB27728@redsun51.ssa.fujisawa.hgst.com> <20201201193823.GA3522@lst.de> <20201201204456.dt2niquyaqvuci4s@MacBook-Pro.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20201201204456.dt2niquyaqvuci4s@MacBook-Pro.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-block@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 09:44:56PM +0100, Javier González wrote: >> Devices in subdirectories of /dev/ are very rare and keep causing problem >> with userspace tooling for the few drivers that use them, so I don't >> think they are a good idea. > > Would something like nvmeXnYc work here or your prefer something > different where we need to implement new, dedicated filters for > user-space? I thing you suggested nvmegXnY at some point? I think I suggested /dev/ng*, but maybe that is to short for the modern times, so the above would work for me.