noon
Hi experts,
I was looking at the function spdk_nvmf_session_gen_cntlid(). Looks like
the cntlid is unique across all nvme subsystems.
I thought the cntlid is unique in a subsystem as per the spec. Am I missing
something here?
Regards,
~Sriram
12:22 p.m.
On Wed, 2017-03-22 at 21:30 +0530, Sriram Popuri wrote:
Hi experts,
I was looking at the function spdk_nvmf_session_gen_cntlid().
Looks like the cntlid is unique across all nvme subsystems.
I thought the cntlid is unique in a subsystem as per the spec. Am I
missing something here?
You're right that the specification only requires cntlid to be unique
within a subsystem. As part of an earlier effort to allocate resources
to new connections more efficiently we made the cntlid globally unique.
However, that effort didn't bear any fruit and we're now pursuing a
different, better option. The cntlid can be changed to be only unique
within a subsystem again if you or anyone wanted to create a patch.
It's not hurting anything by being globally unique, but it doesn't need
to be.
Regards,
~Sriram
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2:06 p.m.
Thanks for the response. I just want to understand the rationale. My
requirement would be a bit different as I need a subsystem spread across
different target systems, however I do see there are many other things in
spdk which can be contributed back.
Regards,
~Sriram
On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Walker, Benjamin <benjamin.walker(a)intel.com
wrote:
On Wed, 2017-03-22 at 21:30 +0530, Sriram Popuri wrote:
> Hi experts,
>
> I was looking at the function spdk_nvmf_session_gen_cntlid().
> Looks like the cntlid is unique across all nvme subsystems.
> I thought the cntlid is unique in a subsystem as per the spec. Am I
> missing something here?
You're right that the specification only requires cntlid to be unique
within a subsystem. As part of an earlier effort to allocate resources
to new connections more efficiently we made the cntlid globally unique.
However, that effort didn't bear any fruit and we're now pursuing a
different, better option. The cntlid can be changed to be only unique
within a subsystem again if you or anyone wanted to create a patch.
It's not hurting anything by being globally unique, but it doesn't need
to be.
>
> Regards,
> ~Sriram
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