[RFC PATCHv3 3/3] nvme: rename nvme_mpath_shutdown_disk to nvme_mpath_remove_disk

Hannes Reinecke hare at suse.de
Sun May 4 23:39:45 PDT 2025


On 5/4/25 19:50, Nilay Shroff wrote:
> In the NVMe context, the term "shutdown" has a specific technical
> meaning. To avoid confusion, this commit renames the nvme_mpath_
> shutdown_disk function to nvme_mpath_remove_disk to better reflect
> its purpose (i.e. removing the disk from the system). However,
> nvme_mpath_remove_disk was already in use, and its functionality
> is related to releasing or putting the head node disk. To resolve
> this naming conflict and improve clarity, the existing nvme_mpath_
> remove_disk function is also renamed to nvme_mpath_put_disk.
> 
> This renaming improves code readability and better aligns function
> names with their actual roles.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi at grimberg.me>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
> Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   drivers/nvme/host/core.c      |  4 ++--
>   drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 16 ++++++++--------
>   drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h      |  8 ++++----
>   3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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