[PATCH 1/1] nvme: correctly account for namespace head reference counter

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Tue Jun 24 23:10:40 PDT 2025


On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 07:54:29PM +0530, Nilay Shroff wrote:
> Thanks! I'd update the above typo, however today I was testing some code 
> after disabling CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH and I realized that although the
> namespace head (ns->head) is still created, its associated head->disk is
> not initialized in this configuration.

Yes.


> So I'll send out patchv2 with the above changes.

Thanks!  Please also add a comment to nvme_alloc_ns as the logic is
fairly complex now and future readers will benefit from an explanation.




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