[PATCH 0/4] NVMe: Surprise removal fixes
Sagi Grimberg
sagig at dev.mellanox.co.il
Thu Feb 4 07:55:05 PST 2016
Hi Keith,
> Earlier feedback suggested this functionality be in the block layer. I
> don't have the devices to test what happens with other drivers, and
> the desired sequence seems unique to NVMe.
Umm, it actually isn't. I think this is what all the block drivers
want.
> Maybe that's an indication
> that the driver's flow could benefit from some redesign, or maybe it's
> an artifact from having the controller and storage being the same device.
>
> In any case, I would like to isolate this fix to the NVMe driver in
> the interest of time, and flush out the block layer before the next
> merge window.
I'm fine with that. But we definitely want to avoid the queue_rq
conditional in the long run...
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