Re: [PATCH] nvmet: add revalidation support to bdev and file backed namespaces

[Sagi Grimberg]

> +void nvmet_bdev_ns_revalidate(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
> +{
> +	loff_t size;
> +
> +	size = i_size_read(ns->bdev->bd_inode);
> +
> +	if (ns->size != size)
> +		ns->size = size;

Why is the if useful?

> +}
> +
>   static u16 blk_to_nvme_status(struct nvmet_req *req, blk_status_t blk_sts)
>   {
>   	u16 status = NVME_SC_SUCCESS;
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
> index cd5670b83118..c102437db72a 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-file.c
> @@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ int nvmet_file_ns_enable(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +void nvmet_file_ns_revalidate(struct nvmet_ns *ns)
> +{
> +	struct kstat stat;
> +
> +	if (!ns->file)
> +		return;

When is !ns->file expected?