From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
To: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: hch@lst.de, sagi@grimberg.me, axboe@fb.com,
linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme-multipath: drop head pointer check in nvme_mpath_clear_current_path()
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 08:21:05 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ade10b9Ds1nKUm38@kbusch-mbp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260408080357.3072749-1-john.g.garry@oracle.com>
On Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 08:03:57AM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> A NS will always have a head pointer, so drop the check. As proof in
> practice, all the nvme_mpath_clear_current_path() callers also
> dereference ns->head.
>
> This check has endured since the original changes to support multipath.
Thanks, applied to nvme-7.1.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-09 14:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-08 8:03 [PATCH] nvme-multipath: drop head pointer check in nvme_mpath_clear_current_path() John Garry
2026-04-09 6:11 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-04-09 14:21 ` Keith Busch [this message]
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