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Date:      Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:57:57 +1100
From:      Jason Tubnor <jason@tubnor.net>
To:        Wanpeng Qian <wanpengqian@gmail.com>
Cc:        John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>,  FreeBSD virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: bhyve: passthrough SMART info from host nvme controller
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On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 14:09, Wanpeng Qian <wanpengqian@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Can't you do what something like pci_passthru.c does in passthru_init,
> > and open /dev/nvme0 in pci_nvme_init?
>
> Yes, you are correct. but that will make /dev/nvme0 keep open all the time.
> I just thinking when guest fire a logpage command, open the /dev/nvme0
> and get the SMART info. then close /dev/nvme0.


So are you implying that it is safe for a guest to send such a call at
anytime? For those that use bhyve for isolation, this sort of facility
would be problematic not to mention insecure.



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