Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation support

From	Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation support
Date	2016-01-21 17:10 +0100
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On 01/21/2016 02:58 PM, Wenwei Tao wrote:
> 2016-01-21 17:49 GMT+08:00 Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io>:
>> On 01/21/2016 10:47 AM, Wenwei Tao wrote:
>> <snip>
>>>
>>> Currently a bitmap of luns already added into nvm_dev, every time we
>>> map the luns we check the bitmap.
>>> I don't quite understand why we need to add another bitmap?
>>
>> We can definitely use lun_map that you introduced in the patch.
>>
> Then I think the suggestion:
>
>> How about extending the functionality to take a bitmap of luns, which
>> defines the luns that we like to map. Do the necessary check if any of
>> them is in use, and then proceed if all is available?
>
> has already been implemented in this patch.

Yeap :)

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[RFC PATCH 1/2] lightnvm: specify target's logical address area Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 12:50 +0100
  [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation support Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com> - 2016-01-15 12:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation  support Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> - 2016-01-20 14:30 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation support Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 08:50 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation  support Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> - 2016-01-21 09:00 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation support Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 10:50 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation  support Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> - 2016-01-21 11:00 +0100
              Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation support Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 15:00 +0100
                Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: add non-continuous lun target creation  support Matias Bjørling <m@bjorling.me> - 2016-01-21 17:10 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] lightnvm: specify target's logical address area Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> - 2016-01-20 14:10 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] lightnvm: specify target's logical address area Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 08:10 +0100

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