Re: [PATCH] nvme: remove multipath module parameter

[John Meneghini]

Bryan,  See my comments below.

On 2/4/25 4:11 PM, Bryan Gurney wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> index a85d190942bd..28ab868182b2 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> @@ -9,11 +9,6 @@
>   #include <trace/events/block.h>
>   #include "nvme.h"
>   
> -bool multipath = true;
> -module_param(multipath, bool, 0444);
> -MODULE_PARM_DESC(multipath,
> -	"turn on native support for multiple controllers per subsystem");
> -
>   static const char *nvme_iopolicy_names[] = {
>   	[NVME_IOPOLICY_NUMA]	= "numa",
>   	[NVME_IOPOLICY_RR]	= "round-robin",
> @@ -632,9 +627,11 @@ int nvme_mpath_alloc_disk(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_head *head)
>   	 * We also do this for private namespaces as the namespace sharing flag
>   	 * could change after a rescan.
>   	 */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
>   	if (!(ctrl->subsys->cmic & NVME_CTRL_CMIC_MULTI_CTRL) ||
> -	    !nvme_is_unique_nsid(ctrl, head) || !multipath)
> +	    !nvme_is_unique_nsid(ctrl, head))
>   		return 0;
> +#endif

You don't need to add these #ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH conditional compile statements
to multipath.c because the multipath.c is not compiled when CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH=N.

These won't hurt anything, but they are redundant and we can make the patch smaller by removing them.

>   	blk_set_stacking_limits(&lim);
>   	lim.dma_alignment = 3;
> @@ -1038,10 +1035,11 @@ int nvme_mpath_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
>   	size_t ana_log_size;
>   	int error = 0;
>   
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
>   	/* check if multipath is enabled and we have the capability */
> -	if (!multipath || !ctrl->subsys ||
> -	    !(ctrl->subsys->cmic & NVME_CTRL_CMIC_ANA))
> +	if (!ctrl->subsys || !(ctrl->subsys->cmic & NVME_CTRL_CMIC_ANA))
>   		return 0;
> +#endif

Same here.

>   	/* initialize this in the identify path to cover controller resets */
>   	atomic_set(&ctrl->nr_active, 0);
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
> index 2c76afd00390..6dea04f05b59 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
> @@ -972,7 +972,6 @@ static inline void nvme_trace_bio_complete(struct request *req)
>   		trace_block_bio_complete(ns->head->disk->queue, req->bio);
>   }
>   

/John