Re: [PATCH v6 07/18] nvme: Introduce FENCING and FENCED controller states

[Mohamed Khalfella <mkhalfella@purestorage.com>]

On Mon 2026-10-19 19:01:38 +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
> > @@ -542,6 +542,8 @@ static ssize_t nvme_sysfs_show_state(struct device *dev,
> >  	static const char *const state_name[] = {
> >  		[NVME_CTRL_NEW]		= "new",
> >  		[NVME_CTRL_LIVE]	= "live",
> > +		[NVME_CTRL_FENCING]	= "fencing",
> > +		[NVME_CTRL_FENCED]	= "fenced",
> >  		[NVME_CTRL_RESETTING]	= "resetting",
> >  		[NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING]	= "connecting",
> >  		[NVME_CTRL_DELETING]	= "deleting",
> 
> The ABI documentation needs to be updated.

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-nvme b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-nvme
index a2f5d0710db4..c47274fdd9a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-nvme
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-nvme
@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@ Description:
 		PCI transport only.

 What:		/sys/class/nvme/nvmeX/state
-Date:		November 2016
-KernelVersion:	4.11
+Date:		October 2026
+KernelVersion:	7.5
 Contact:	Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
 Description:
 		Shows the current state of the controller. Possible values:
-		"new", "live", "resetting", "connecting", "deleting",
-		"deleting (no IO)", "dead".
+		"new", "live", "fencing", "fenced", "resetting", "connecting",
+		"deleting", "deleting (no IO)", "dead".

 What:		/sys/class/nvme/nvmeX/numa_node
 Date:		November 2018


How about a diff like the one above? Similar to CIRN and CIU, I am not
sure what to put in "KernelVersion".

What do you think?

> 
> -- 
> Daniel Wagner <wagi@kernel.org>