[PATCHv3 for-4.7] nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Jens Axboe axboe at fb.com
Wed Jul 13 09:24:33 PDT 2016


On 07/12/2016 07:22 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 04:15:13PM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> I'm going back and forth on this... This isn't a regression for 4.7, is it?
>> If so, I'd be a lot more comfortable queuing this up for 4.8 (marked stable)
>> instead. It'll be another late addition, causing issues when it comes time
>> to merge for-4.8/drivers in the next merge window.
>
> It's a 4.7 regression.

Two questions, then:

1) Why isn't it marked as such? Should have a Fixes tag.
2) It's so large... Not really a question, other than, how can we make 
it smaller/more contained?

-- 
Jens Axboe




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