[PATCH] nvme-multipath: drop head pointer check in nvme_mpath_clear_current_path()

Keith Busch kbusch at kernel.org
Thu Apr 9 07:21:05 PDT 2026


On Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 08:03:57AM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> A NS will always have a head pointer, so drop the check. As proof in
> practice, all the nvme_mpath_clear_current_path() callers also
> dereference ns->head.
> 
> This check has endured since the original changes to support multipath.

Thanks, applied to nvme-7.1.



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