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Commit 9d032f42 authored by Dan Williams's avatar Dan Williams
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libnvdimm, namespace: do not delete namespace-id 0

Given that the naming of pmem devices changes from the pmemX form to the
pmemX.Y form when namespace id is greater than 0, arrange for namespaces
with id-0 to be exempt from deletion. Otherwise a simple reconfiguration
of an existing namespace to a new mode results in a name change of the
resulting block device:

    # ndctl list --namespace=namespace1.0
    {
      "dev":"namespace1.0",
      "mode":"raw",
      "size":2147483648,
      "uuid":"3dadf3dc-89b9-4b24-b20e-abc8a4707ce3",
      "blockdev":"pmem1"
    }

    # ndctl create-namespace --reconfig=namespace1.0 --mode=memory --force
    {
      "dev":"namespace1.1",
      "mode":"memory",
      "size":2111832064,
      "uuid":"7b4a6341-7318-4219-a02c-fb57c0bbf613",
      "blockdev":"pmem1.1"
    }

This change does require tooling changes to explicitly look for
namespaceX.0 if the seed has already advanced to another namespace.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: 98a29c39

 ("libnvdimm, namespace: allow creation of multiple pmem-namespaces per region")
Reviewed-by: default avatarJohannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
parent 970d14e3
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