[PATCH] Subject: [PATCH] nvme: remove stale namespaces by NSID range during scan

[PATCH] Subject: [PATCH] nvme: remove stale namespaces by NSID range during scan

[Mohamed Khalfella]

nvme_scan_ns_list() drops the stale namespaces in each gap in the
reported NSID list one NSID at a time. Every iteration calls
nvme_find_get_ns() to look the namespace up and removes it if it is
present. The loop runs once per NSID in the gap rather than once per
namespace actually present.

NSIDs are 32-bit, so a target with a sparse NSID space can make a
single gap spin the loop billions of times with nothing to remove.

  watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#4 stuck for 26s!
  Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_scan_work [nvme_core]
  RIP: 0010:__srcu_read_unlock+0xb/0x20
  Call Trace:
   nvme_find_get_ns+0x7d/0xb0 [nvme_core]
   nvme_scan_ns_list+0xe8/0x280 [nvme_core]
   nvme_scan_work+0x18a/0x280 [nvme_core]
   process_one_work+0x197/0x380
   worker_thread+0x2fe/0x410
   kthread+0xe0/0x100

Rename nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces() to nvme_remove_nsid_range()
and give it an open (start, end) NSID range. ctrl->namespaces is
sorted by NSID, so the whole gap is dropped in a single walk that
stops once end is reached. This bounds the work by the namespaces
that are present instead of by the size of the gap.

Fixes: 540c801c65eb ("NVMe: Implement namespace list scanning")
Signed-off-by: Mohamed Khalfella <mkhalfella@purestorage.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 5f2744be7388..cc014cdc72ff 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ static const struct class nvme_ns_chr_class = {
 };
 
 static void nvme_put_subsystem(struct nvme_subsystem *subsys);
-static void nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
-					   unsigned nsid);
 static void nvme_update_keep_alive(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 				   struct nvme_command *cmd);
 static int nvme_get_log_lsi(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 nsid, u8 log_page,
@@ -4513,15 +4511,16 @@ static void nvme_scan_ns_async(void *data, async_cookie_t cookie)
 	nvme_scan_ns(scan_info->ctrl, nsid);
 }
 
-static void nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
-					unsigned nsid)
+static void nvme_remove_nsid_range(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 start, u32 end)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
 	LIST_HEAD(rm_list);
 
 	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
-		if (ns->head->ns_id > nsid) {
+		if (ns->head->ns_id >= end)
+			break;
+		if (ns->head->ns_id > start) {
 			list_del_rcu(&ns->list);
 			synchronize_srcu(&ctrl->srcu);
 			list_add_tail_rcu(&ns->list, &rm_list);
@@ -4571,13 +4570,14 @@ static int nvme_scan_ns_list(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 				goto out;
 			async_schedule_domain(nvme_scan_ns_async, &scan_info,
 						&domain);
-			while (++prev < nsid)
-				nvme_ns_remove_by_nsid(ctrl, prev);
+			if (prev + 1 < nsid)
+				nvme_remove_nsid_range(ctrl, prev, nsid);
+			prev = max(prev + 1, nsid);
 		}
 		async_synchronize_full_domain(&domain);
 	}
  out:
-	nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces(ctrl, prev);
+	nvme_remove_nsid_range(ctrl, prev, UINT_MAX);
  free:
 	async_synchronize_full_domain(&domain);
 	kfree(ns_list);
@@ -4597,7 +4597,7 @@ static void nvme_scan_ns_sequential(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	for (i = 1; i <= nn; i++)
 		nvme_scan_ns(ctrl, i);
 
-	nvme_remove_invalid_namespaces(ctrl, nn);
+	nvme_remove_nsid_range(ctrl, nn, UINT_MAX);
 }
 
 static void nvme_clear_changed_ns_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
-- 
2.54.0

Re: [PATCH] Subject: [PATCH] nvme: remove stale namespaces by NSID range during scan

[Sagi Grimberg]

Remove the 'Subject: [PATCH]' from the patch title, other than that 
looks good

Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>

Re: [PATCH] Subject: [PATCH] nvme: remove stale namespaces by NSID range during scan

[Mohamed Khalfella]

On Sun 2026-08-23 00:31:49 +0300, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
> Remove the 'Subject: [PATCH]' from the patch title, other than that 
> looks good

Oops, looks like I messed up the subject line. I will send v2 shortly.

> 
> Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>

Thanks!