[PATCH 8/9] nvme: track shared namespaces

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Sun Sep 24 08:25:31 PDT 2017


On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:16:31AM -0400, Keith Busch wrote:
> If there weren't resistence to renaming structs, it would be more
> aligned to how the specification calls these if we rename nvme_ns to
> nvme_ns_path, and what you're calling nvme_ns_head is should just be
> the nvme_ns.

Then we'd still need a good name for what's now nvme_ns :)

But seriously speaking - I'm a little worried because Linus is really
pissed at me for doing major refactoring in block land (by proxy of
Jens who gets all the heat).  I just don't feel comfortable with a
rename at the moment, even if it's the right thing.



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