Re: [PATCH] nvme: fc: provide a descriptive error

From: James Smart
Date: Thu Apr 19 2018 - 17:20:53 EST


On 4/19/2018 10:43 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
Provide a descriptive error in case an lport to rport association
isn't found when creating the FC-NVME controller.

Currently it's very hard to debug the reason for a failed connect
attempt without a look at the source.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>

---
This actually happened to Hannes and me becuase of a typo in a
customer demo today, so yes things like this happen unitl we have a
proper way to do auto-connect.
---
drivers/nvme/host/fc.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
index 6cb26bcf6ec0..8b66879b4ebf 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -3284,6 +3284,8 @@ nvme_fc_create_ctrl(struct device *dev, struct nvmf_ctrl_options *opts)
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&nvme_fc_lock, flags);
+ pr_warn("%s: %s - %s combination not found\n",
+ __func__, opts->traddr, opts->host_traddr);
return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
}

Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>