On Feb 17 09:26, Klaus Jensen wrote:
> On Feb 16 15:16, Keith Busch wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 12:02:40AM +0100, Klaus Jensen wrote:
> > > From: Minwoo Im <minwoo.im@samsung.com>
> > > 
> > > Format NVM admin command can make a namespace or namespaces to be
> > > with different LBA size and metadata size with protection information
> > > types.
> > > 
> > > This patch introduces Format NVM command with LBA format, Metadata, and
> > > Protection Information for the device. The secure erase operation things
> > > are yet to be added.
> > > 
> > > The parameter checks inside of this patch has been referred from
> > > Keith's old branch.
> > 
> > Oh, and here's the format command now, so my previous comment on patch
> > 11 doesn't matter.
> > 
> > > +struct nvme_aio_format_ctx {
> > > +    NvmeRequest   *req;
> > > +    NvmeNamespace *ns;
> > > +
> > > +    /* number of outstanding write zeroes for this namespace */
> > > +    int *count;
> > 
> > Shouldn't this count be the NvmeRequest's opaque value?
> 
> That is already occupied by `num_formats` which tracks formats of
> individual namespaces. `count` is for outstanding write zeroes on one
> particular namespace.

And, btw, I have a seperate "aiocblist" RFC patch that replaces this
manual aio tracking in favor of actually tracking multiple aiocbs,
removing the need for for this ad-hoc accounting and fixing the cancel
bug in the process.

On vacation this week, so I expect to post it early next week ;)