[PATCH 04/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::bdev_file

Nilay Shroff nilay at linux.ibm.com
Sun Nov 8 19:28:09 PST 2026


The nvmet_ns::bdev_file field is protected by nvmet_subsys::lock.
Annotate it with __guarded_by(&subsys->lock) so that the clang
context analyzer can validate accesses to this field.

Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay at linux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
index 74b066ce9ab0..b63664250ef4 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ struct nvmet_subsys {
 
 struct nvmet_ns {
 	struct percpu_ref	ref;
-	struct file		*bdev_file;
+	struct file		*bdev_file
+		__guarded_by(&subsys->lock);
 	struct block_device	*bdev
 		__guarded_by(&subsys->lock);
 	struct file		*file
-- 
2.53.0




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