[PATCH] libnvdimm, namespace: do not delete namespace-id 0

[PATCH] libnvdimm, namespace: do not delete namespace-id 0

[Dan Williams]

Given that the naming of pmem devices changes from the pmemX form to the
pmemX.Y form when namespace id is greater than 0, arrange for namespaces
with id-0 to be exempt from deletion. Otherwise a simple reconfiguration
of an existing namespace to a new mode results in a name change of the
resulting block device:

    # ndctl list --namespace=namespace1.0
    {
      "dev":"namespace1.0",
      "mode":"raw",
      "size":2147483648,
      "uuid":"3dadf3dc-89b9-4b24-b20e-abc8a4707ce3",
      "blockdev":"pmem1"
    }

    # ndctl create-namespace --reconfig=namespace1.0 --mode=memory --force
    {
      "dev":"namespace1.1",
      "mode":"memory",
      "size":2111832064,
      "uuid":"7b4a6341-7318-4219-a02c-fb57c0bbf613",
      "blockdev":"pmem1.1"
    }

This change does require tooling changes to explicitly look for
namespaceX.0 if the seed has already advanced to another namespace.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: 98a29c39dc68 ("libnvdimm, namespace: allow creation of multiple pmem-namespaces per region")
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c |   11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
index eda027db0918..ce3e8dfa10ad 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/namespace_devs.c
@@ -962,8 +962,8 @@ static ssize_t __size_store(struct device *dev, unsigned long long val)
 	struct nvdimm_drvdata *ndd;
 	struct nd_label_id label_id;
 	u32 flags = 0, remainder;
+	int rc, i, id = -1;
 	u8 *uuid = NULL;
-	int rc, i;
 
 	if (dev->driver || ndns->claim)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -972,11 +972,13 @@ static ssize_t __size_store(struct device *dev, unsigned long long val)
 		struct nd_namespace_pmem *nspm = to_nd_namespace_pmem(dev);
 
 		uuid = nspm->uuid;
+		id = nspm->id;
 	} else if (is_namespace_blk(dev)) {
 		struct nd_namespace_blk *nsblk = to_nd_namespace_blk(dev);
 
 		uuid = nsblk->uuid;
 		flags = NSLABEL_FLAG_LOCAL;
+		id = nsblk->id;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1039,10 +1041,11 @@ static ssize_t __size_store(struct device *dev, unsigned long long val)
 
 	/*
 	 * Try to delete the namespace if we deleted all of its
-	 * allocation, this is not the seed device for the region, and
-	 * it is not actively claimed by a btt instance.
+	 * allocation, this is not the seed or 0th device for the
+	 * region, and it is not actively claimed by a btt, pfn, or dax
+	 * instance.
 	 */
-	if (val == 0 && nd_region->ns_seed != dev && !ndns->claim)
+	if (val == 0 && id != 0 && nd_region->ns_seed != dev && !ndns->claim)
 		nd_device_unregister(dev, ND_ASYNC);
 
 	return rc;

Re: [PATCH] libnvdimm, namespace: do not delete namespace-id 0

[Johannes Thumshirn]

On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 10:35:21AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> Given that the naming of pmem devices changes from the pmemX form to the
> pmemX.Y form when namespace id is greater than 0, arrange for namespaces
> with id-0 to be exempt from deletion. Otherwise a simple reconfiguration
> of an existing namespace to a new mode results in a name change of the
> resulting block device:
> 
>     # ndctl list --namespace=namespace1.0
>     {
>       "dev":"namespace1.0",
>       "mode":"raw",
>       "size":2147483648,
>       "uuid":"3dadf3dc-89b9-4b24-b20e-abc8a4707ce3",
>       "blockdev":"pmem1"
>     }
> 
>     # ndctl create-namespace --reconfig=namespace1.0 --mode=memory --force
>     {
>       "dev":"namespace1.1",
>       "mode":"memory",
>       "size":2111832064,
>       "uuid":"7b4a6341-7318-4219-a02c-fb57c0bbf613",
>       "blockdev":"pmem1.1"
>     }
> 
> This change does require tooling changes to explicitly look for
> namespaceX.0 if the seed has already advanced to another namespace.
> 
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Fixes: 98a29c39dc68 ("libnvdimm, namespace: allow creation of multiple pmem-namespaces per region")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> ---

Looks good,
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>

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