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From: Jesse Taube <jtaubepe@redhat.com>
To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
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	Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
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	Nilesh Javali <njavali@marvell.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH 13/13] docs: nvme-multipath: Add FC-NVMe marginal state
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:13:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260812181300.3712426-14-jtaubepe@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812181300.3712426-1-jtaubepe@redhat.com>

Adds documentation for the new marginal state for
NVMe over Fibre Channel. Documents how to check and reset the state,
as well as a description of how it affects multipath policies.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jtaubepe@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/nvme-multipath.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/nvme-multipath.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/nvme-multipath.rst
index 97ca1ccef459..8df4235d4d10 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/nvme-multipath.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/nvme-multipath.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@ To set the desired policy (e.g., round-robin), use one of the following methods:
    1. echo -n "round-robin" > /sys/module/nvme_core/parameters/iopolicy
    2. or add the "nvme_core.iopolicy=round-robin" to cmdline.
 
+FC-NVMe
+----
+On NVMe over Fibre Channel there is an additional state called `marginal`
+All policies will treat this path as offline and will not use it unless
+all other paths are marginal or unavailable. In that case, the policy will
+select the best path based on the policy.
+
+To see the current path state, use one of the following methods:
+   1. cat /sys/class/fc_host/host*/device/rport-*/fc_remote_ports/rport-*/port_state
+   2. cat /sys/devices/virtual/nvme-subsystem/nvme-subsys*/nvme*/state
+To reset a path to online use:
+   1. echo "Online" > /sys/class/fc_host/host*/device/rport-*/fc_remote_ports/rport-*/port_state
+
+The marginal state is caused by a
+FPIN-LI (Fabric Performance Impact Notification - Link Impact) event.
+FPIN-LI event counters can be seen with:
+   1. cat /sys/class/fc_host/host*/statistics/fpin_li*
 
 NUMA
 ----
-- 
2.54.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-12 18:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-12 18:12 [PATCH 00/13] nvme-fc: FPIN link integrity handling Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 01/13] fc_els: use 'union fc_tlv_desc' Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 02/13] nvme: add NVME_CTRL_MARGINAL flag Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 03/13] nvme-multipath: numa support for marginal paths Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 04/13] nvme-multipath: queue-depth " Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 05/13] nvme-multipath: round-robin " Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 06/13] nvme: sysfs: emit the marginal path state in show_state() Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 07/13] scsi: scsi_transport_fc: Add set_rport_marginal to fc_function_template Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 08/13] scsi: scsi_transport_fc: user support for clearing NVME_CTRL_MARGINAL Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 09/13] nvme-fc: add nvme_fc_set_remoteport_fpin() Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 10/13] scsi: qla2xxx: enable FPIN notification for NVMe Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 11/13] scsi: lpfc: " Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:12 ` [PATCH 12/13] nvme: fcloop: Add set_rport_marginal to sysfs Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:34   ` Jesse Taube
2026-08-12 18:13 ` Jesse Taube [this message]
2026-08-12 18:46   ` [PATCH 13/13] docs: nvme-multipath: Add FC-NVMe marginal state Randy Dunlap
2026-08-12 18:50     ` Randy Dunlap
2026-08-13  4:53 ` [EXTERNAL] [PATCH 00/13] nvme-fc: FPIN link integrity handling Nilesh Javali
2026-08-13 16:24   ` Jesse Taube
2026-08-14  6:36 ` Christoph Hellwig

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