From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
Cc: dwagner@suse.de, hare@suse.com, kbusch@kernel.org, hch@lst.de,
gjoyce@linux.ibm.com, wenxiong@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCHv2 6/9] libnvme: add support for per-path diagnostic counters
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:44:56 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260404101504.44539-7-nilay@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260404101504.44539-1-nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Add support for retrieving per-path diagnostic counters such as
command_retry_count, command_error_count, and multipath_failover_count.
These counters improve visibility into NVMe native multipath behavior
and can be useful for tools such as nvme-top to display real-time
statistics.
Unlike other sysfs attributes, these counters can change dynamically.
Annotate them with "!accessors:none" and provide custom implementations
to always retrieve the latest (non-cached) values.
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
---
libnvme/src/libnvme.ld | 3 +++
libnvme/src/nvme/private.h | 3 +++
libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld b/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld
index c32198324..a10629dce 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld
+++ b/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ LIBNVME_3 {
nvme_path_get_write_sectors;
nvme_path_reset_stat;
nvme_path_update_stat;
+ nvme_path_get_command_retry_count;
+ nvme_path_get_command_error_count;
+ nvme_path_get_multipath_failover_count;
nvme_random_uuid;
nvme_read_config;
nvme_read_hostid;
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h b/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
index f09c0d83f..3d7dfb3c4 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ struct nvme_path { /*!generate-accessors*/
char *numa_nodes; //!accessors:none
int grpid;
int queue_depth; //!accessors:none
+ long multipath_failover_count; //!accessors:none
+ long command_retry_count; //!accessors:none
+ long command_error_count; //!accessors:none
};
struct nvme_ns_head {
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
index 2949b5cf8..844e18b5c 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
@@ -852,6 +852,39 @@ __public char *nvme_path_get_numa_nodes(nvme_path_t p)
return p->numa_nodes;
}
+__public long nvme_path_get_multipath_failover_count(nvme_path_t p)
+{
+ _cleanup_free_ char *failover_count = NULL;
+
+ failover_count = nvme_get_path_attr(p, "multipath_failover_count");
+ if (failover_count)
+ sscanf(failover_count, "%ld", &p->multipath_failover_count);
+
+ return p->multipath_failover_count;
+}
+
+__public long nvme_path_get_command_retry_count(nvme_path_t p)
+{
+ _cleanup_free_ char *retry_count = NULL;
+
+ retry_count = nvme_get_path_attr(p, "command_retry_count");
+ if (retry_count)
+ sscanf(retry_count, "%ld", &p->command_retry_count);
+
+ return p->command_retry_count;
+}
+
+__public long nvme_path_get_command_error_count(nvme_path_t p)
+{
+ _cleanup_free_ char *error_count = NULL;
+
+ error_count = nvme_get_path_attr(p, "command_error_count");
+ if (error_count)
+ sscanf(error_count, "%ld", &p->command_error_count);
+
+ return p->command_error_count;
+}
+
static nvme_stat_t nvme_path_get_stat(nvme_path_t p, unsigned int idx)
{
if (idx > 1)
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h
index 01f7fda86..4b5d3fd70 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h
@@ -704,6 +704,33 @@ char *nvme_path_get_ana_state(nvme_path_t p);
*/
char *nvme_path_get_numa_nodes(nvme_path_t p);
+/**
+ * nvme_path_get_multipath_failover_count() - Get multipath failover count
+ * @p: &nvme_path_t object
+ *
+ * Return: Number of times I/Os have to be failed over to another active path
+ * from path @p maybe due to any transient error observed on path @p
+ */
+long nvme_path_get_multipath_failover_count(nvme_path_t p);
+
+/**
+ * nvme_path_get_command_retry_count() - Get command retry count
+ * @p: &nvme_path_t object
+ *
+ * Return: Number of times any command issued to the namespace represented by
+ * path @p has to be retried
+ */
+long nvme_path_get_command_retry_count(nvme_path_t p);
+
+/**
+ * nvme_path_get_command_error_count() - Get command error count
+ * @p: &nvme_path_t object
+ *
+ * Return: Number of times command issued to the namespace represented by path
+ * @p returns non-zero status or error
+ */
+long nvme_path_get_command_error_count(nvme_path_t p);
+
/**
* nvme_path_get_ctrl() - Parent controller of an nvme_path_t object
* @p: &nvme_path_t object
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-04 10:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-04 10:14 [PATCHv2 0/9] libnvme: add support for retrieving additional NVMe stat Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 1/9] libnvme: annotate nvme_path::ana_state with !accessors:none Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 2/9] libnvme: annotate nvme_path::numa_nodes " Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 3/9] libnvme: annotate nvme_subsystem::iopolicy " Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 4/9] libnvme: add support for retrieving per-path gendisk I/O statistics Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 5/9] libnvme: add support for retrieving namespace " Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` Nilay Shroff [this message]
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 7/9] libnvme: add support for namespace diagnostic counters Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 8/9] libnvme: add support for nshead " Nilay Shroff
2026-04-04 10:14 ` [PATCHv2 9/9] libnvme: add support for ctrl " Nilay Shroff
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