[PATCH v3 2/4] nvme-fc: reorganize ctrl ref-counting and cleanup code

Hannes Reinecke hare at suse.de
Mon Sep 1 23:45:53 PDT 2025


On 8/29/25 17:37, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> The lifetime of the controller is managed by the upper layers. This
> ensures that the controller does not go away as long as there are
> commands in flight. Thus, there is no need to take references in the
> command handling code.
> 
> Currently, the refcounting code is partially open-coded for handling
> error paths. By moving the cleanup code fully under refcounting and
> releasing references when necessary, the error handling can be
> simplified.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <wagi at kernel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/nvme/host/fc.c | 102 ++++++++++++++++---------------------------------
>   1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de>
Cheers,

Hannes
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