From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: hch@lst.de, kbusch@kernel.org, sagi@grimberg.me, axboe@fb.com,
martin.petersen@oracle.com,
james.bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, hare@suse.com,
jmeneghi@redhat.com, linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org,
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, michael.christie@oracle.com,
snitzer@kernel.org, bmarzins@redhat.com,
dm-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19] nvme: switch to libmultipath
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 15:12:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260302141206.GA23439@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260225154007.1033735-1-john.g.garry@oracle.com>
On Wed, Feb 25, 2026 at 03:39:48PM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> This switches the NVMe host driver to use libmultipath. That library
> is very heavily based on the NVMe multipath code, so the change over
> should hopefully be straightforward. There is often a direct replacement
> for functions.
Given how little code this removes while adding the new libmultipath
dependency and abstractions I can't say I like this at all.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-02 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-25 15:39 [PATCH 00/19] nvme: switch to libmultipath John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 01/19] nvme-multipath: pass NS head to nvme_mpath_revalidate_paths() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 02/19] nvme: introduce a namespace count in the ns head structure John Garry
2026-03-02 12:46 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-03-02 15:57 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 03/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_is_mpath_request() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 04/19] nvme-multipath: add initial support for using libmultipath John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 05/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_available_path() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 06/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_{add, remove}_cdev() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 07/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_is_{disabled, optimised} John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 08/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_get_access_state() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 09/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_{bdev, cdev}_ioctl() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 10/19] nvme-multipath: add uring_cmd support John Garry
2026-02-25 15:39 ` [PATCH 11/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_get_iopolicy() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 12/19] nvme-multipath: add PR support for libmultipath John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 13/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_report_zones() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 14/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_get_unique_id() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 15/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_synchronize() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 16/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_{add,delete}_ns() John Garry
2026-03-02 12:48 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-03-02 15:59 ` John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 17/19] nvme-multipath: add nvme_mpath_head_queue_if_no_path() John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 18/19] nvme-multipath: set mpath_head_template.device_groups John Garry
2026-02-25 15:40 ` [PATCH 19/19] nvme-multipath: switch to use libmultipath John Garry
2026-03-02 12:57 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-03-02 16:13 ` John Garry
2026-03-02 14:12 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-03-02 14:58 ` [PATCH 00/19] nvme: switch to libmultipath John Garry
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