[PATCH v2] nvme-cli/fabrics: Add nr_io_queues parameter to connect command

Steve Wise swise at opengridcomputing.com
Mon Aug 29 12:18:29 PDT 2016


> On Mon, 2016-08-29 at 08:53 -0700, Steve Wise wrote:
> > Added 'nr-io-queues' to 'connect' command so users can specify the
> > number
> > of io queues to allocate.
> >
> > usage examples:
> >
> > nvme connect --transport=rdma --nr-io-queues=8 --trsvcid=4420 --
> > traddr=10.0.1.14 --nqn=test-nvme
> > nvme connect -t rdma -i 8 -s 4420 -a 10.0.1.14 -n test-nvme
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Steve Wise <swise at opengridcomputing.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes since v1:
> >
> > -Q -> -i
> > nr_io_queues -> nr-io-queues
> >
> > ---
> >  fabrics.c | 11 +++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/fabrics.c b/fabrics.c
> > index 942e987..18e961c 100644
> > --- a/fabrics.c
> > +++ b/fabrics.c
> > @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct config {
> >  	char *traddr;
> >  	char *trsvcid;
> >  	char *hostnqn;
> > +	char *nr_io_queues;
> 
> I just noticed that the 'nr_io_queues' parameter type used in the host
> driver code fabrics.c is unsigned int.  Would there be a truncation
> problem here, like say someone wants to do:
> 
> nvme connect --nr-io-queues=256
> 
> ??
>

Truncation problem?  How so?  

This patch follows the other existing parameters.  For instance: trsvcid.  It is basically an unstructured string that is passed to the driver and the driver does the enforcement/validation.
 
Steve.




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