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Subject: [PATCH 4.16 167/279] nvme/multipath: Disable runtime writable enabling parameter
Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:12:32 +0200
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4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>

[ Upstream commit 5cadde8019a6a80550fdde92d5a3327565974eab ]

We can't allow the user to change multipath settings at runtime, as this
will create naming conflicts due to the different naming schemes used
for each mode.

Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "nvme.h"
 
 static bool multipath = true;
-module_param(multipath, bool, 0644);
+module_param(multipath, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(multipath,
 	"turn on native support for multiple controllers per subsystem");