Re: [PATCH] IB/srpt: Accept GUIDs as port names

[Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

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On Fri, 2016-12-09 at 11:00 -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Port and ACL information must be configured before an initiator
> logs in.  Make it possible to configure this information before
> a subnet prefix has been assigned to a port by not only accepting
> GIDs as target port and initiator port names but by also accepting
> port GUIDs.
> 
> Add a 'priv' member to struct se_wwn to allow target drivers to
> associate their own data with struct se_wwn.
> 
> Reported-by: Doug Ledford <dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> References: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-rdma/msg39505.html
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche-XdAiOPVOjttBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch-jcswGhMUV9g@public.gmane.org>
> Cc: Nicholas Bellinger <nab-IzHhD5pYlfBP7FQvKIMDCQ@public.gmane.org>

Ping?  Do the target folks have any input on this patch?  I'd like to
take it for 4.11 as it should resolve an issue we see regularly in our
test lab...

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