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From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
To: Mohamed Khalfella <mkhalfella@purestorage.com>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] nvme: remove stale namespaces by NSID range during scan
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:55:43 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aozoD-9LXxA6SE4C@kbusch-mbp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260823004641.1369895-1-mkhalfella@purestorage.com>

On Sat, Aug 22, 2026 at 05:46:41PM -0700, Mohamed Khalfella wrote:
> nvme_scan_ns_list() drops the stale namespaces in each gap in the
> reported NSID list one NSID at a time. Every iteration calls
> nvme_find_get_ns() to look the namespace up and removes it if it is
> present. The loop runs once per NSID in the gap rather than once per
> namespace actually present.
> 
> NSIDs are 32-bit, so a target with a sparse NSID space can make a
> single gap spin the loop billions of times with nothing to remove.

Thanks, applied to nvme-7.3.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-25  0:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-23  0:46 Mohamed Khalfella
2026-08-25  0:21 ` Randy Jennings
2026-08-25 16:46   ` Mohamed Khalfella
2026-08-25  0:55 ` Keith Busch [this message]

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