Re: fstrim error - AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD

[davidc502 <davidc502@tds.net>]

Ming,

On 7/23/19 4:38 PM, davidc502 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 7/22/19 11:38 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 09:39:07PM -0500, davidc502 wrote:
>>> See attached:  nvme_io_trace.log
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/22/19 9:19 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2019 at 09:41:24PM -0500, davidc502 wrote:
>>>>>    Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>>    I've assembled a X570 board with a 1TB AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD.
>>>>>
>>>>>    When attempting to fstrim the NVMe, I receive the following error.
>>>>>    davidc502@Ryzen-3900x:~$ sudo fstrim -a -v
>>>>>    fstrim: /boot/efi: FITRIM ioctl failed: Input/output error
>>>>>    fstrim: /: FITRIM ioctl failed: Input/output error
>>>>>
>>>>>    Anyhow, I have put some details below which might be helpful. 
>>>>> Note that
>>>>> this NVMe is supposed to be TRIM and SMART compliant. The SMART 
>>>>> outputs are
>>>>> available using the utility “nvme-cli”.
>>>>>    I am willing to provide whatever command outputs that are 
>>>>> needed to help
>>>>> solve this issue.
>>>>>
>>>>>    OS= Ubuntu 18.4.2 LTS
>>>>>    Different Kernels I’ve tried = 5.1.16, 5.2 rc7, and 4.18
>>>>>    fstrim version =  fstrim from util-linux 2.31.1
>>>>>    Firmware version for Aorus NVMe = EGFM11.0
>>>>>
>>>> I saw discard timeout on HGST 1.6TB NVMe, not sure if yours is same 
>>>> with
>>>> that one.
>>>>
>>>> Could you collect logs via the following steps?
>>>>
>>>> Suppose your nvme disk name is /dev/nvme0n1:
>>>>
>>>> 1) queue limits log:
>>>>
>>>>     #(cd /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue && find . -type f -exec grep -aH 
>>>> . {} \;)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2) NVMe IO trace
>>>>
>>>> - enable nvme IO trace before running fstrim:
>>>>
>>>>     #echo 1  > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nvme_setup_cmd/enable
>>>>     #echo 1  > 
>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nvme_complete_rq/enable
>>>>
>>>> - run fstrim
>>>>
>>>> - after the fstrim failure is triggered, disable the nvme io trace 
>>>> & post the log:
>>>>
>>>>     #echo 0  > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nvme_setup_cmd/enable
>>>>     #echo 0  > 
>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/nvme_complete_rq/enable
>>>>
>>>>     #cp    /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace /root/nvme_io_trace.log
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Ming
>>>
>>> Hello Ming
>>>
>>> Thank you for the quick reply --  See attached
>>  From the IO trace, discard command(nvme_cmd_dsm) is failed:
>>
>>    kworker/15:1H-462   [015] .... 91814.342452: nvme_setup_cmd: 
>> nvme0: disk=nvme0n1, qid=7, cmdid=552, nsid=1, flags=0x0, meta=0x0, 
>> cmd=(nvme_cmd_dsm nr=0, attributes=4)
>>            <idle>-0     [013] d.h. 91814.342708: nvme_complete_rq: 
>> nvme0: disk=nvme0n1, qid=7, cmdid=552, res=0, retries=0, flags=0x0, 
>> status=8198
>>
>> And the returned error code is 0x8198, I am not sure how to parse the
>> 'Command Specific Status Values' of 0x98, maybe Christoph, Keith or 
>> our other
>> NVMe guys can help to understand the failure.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ming
>
> Long story short we have 3 new PCI Gen 4 SSD - NVMe drives from 
> Gigabyte. But actually, Gigabyte is just putting their name on it as I 
> believe it is actually from "Phison".
>
> Here is the website where you can see the new drives -- 
> https://www.gigabyte.com/Solid-State-Drive/Gen-4
>
> I have opened a ticket with Gigabyte, and have inquired about any 
> available firmware updates. It will take 3-5 days to hear back from 
> them, but will report back the finding.
>
> Thank you for taking a look at the tracing file, and hopefully that 
> gives enough insight as to what might be happening.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> David
>
>
I have attempted to CC ilnux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, but receive a 
immediate notification " 550 Unknown recipient ".  So it just gets 
bounced back to me.

Thanks,

David