[PATCH] nvmet: per-host namespaces masking

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 2/5/21 10:32 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 10:29:26AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> Implement per-host namespaces masking, allowing to expose
>> different namespaces to different hosts connecting to the
>> same subsystem.
>> The original method of adding host nqns to the subsystem
>> takes precedence over the per-host namespace masking.
> 
> Why do you want to expose a single subsystem to multiple hosts?  This
> creates all kinds of covert channels better avoided.
> 
But the alternative is a subsystem per host.
Which leads to a proliferation of subsystems on the target.
And I wasn't quite keen on that.

Cheers,

Hannes
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