From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, hch@lst.de, kbusch@kernel.org,
sagi@grimberg.me, gjoyce@linux.ibm.com, chaitanyak@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvmet: introduce struct nvmet_passthru
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:10:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260928051011.GA18753@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260925112120.790530-2-nilay@linux.ibm.com>
On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 04:51:09PM +0530, Nilay Shroff wrote:
> Currently, passthru parameters are grouped under struct nvmet_subsys.
> Since passthru can be configured through configfs and all passthru
> parameters are exposed under a separate configfs subdirectory, group
> these parameters under a new struct nvmet_passthru.
>
> Grouping passthru-specific parameters in a separate structure makes
> the code easier to maintain and reason about.
>
> There are no functional changes intended.
If the fields are move out anyway, should they be a separate, dynamically
allocated object so that non-passthrough users don't pay for the memory
allocation?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-28 5:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-25 11:21 [PATCH 0/2] nvmet: passthru cleanup and fixup I/O hotpath Nilay Shroff
2026-09-25 11:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] nvmet: introduce struct nvmet_passthru Nilay Shroff
2026-09-28 5:10 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-09-28 6:35 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-09-25 11:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] nvmet: fix use-after-free error in passthru I/O hotpath Nilay Shroff
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