From: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
To: kbusch@kernel.org, hch@lst.de, sagi@grimberg.me, axboe@kernel.dk,
chaitanyak@nvidia.com
Cc: gjoyce@linux.ibm.com, bvanassche@acm.org, elver@google.com,
linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org,
Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 22/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::csi
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 08:58:27 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261109033102.982191-47-nilay@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109033102.982191-25-nilay@linux.ibm.com>
The nvmet_ns::csi field is protected by nvmet_subsys::lock. Annotate
it with __guarded_by(&subsys->lock) so that the clang context analyzer
can validate accesses to this field.
Some accesses to nvmet_ns::csi in the I/O hotpath do not require
holding nvmet_subsys::lock, as the namespace reference guarantees that
the namespace remains valid and the field is not modified while I/O is
in flight. However, the clang context analyzer cannot express this
access pattern directly.
Introduce nvmet_ns_csi() as an inline helper annotated with
__context_unsafe() to allow these accesses without requiring the
subsystem lock. Convert the relevant accesses in the I/O hotpath and
request-processing paths to use this helper.
Additionally, nvmet_ns_alloc() initializes ns->csi to NVME_CSI_NVM
outside the subsystem lock, triggering a context analyzer error.
Although this initialization could be omitted because both the nvmet_ns
is zero-allocated and NVME_CSI_NVM is also defined as zero, explicitly
initializing the ns->csi to NVME_CSI_NVM makes the intended default
value much clear. So move the ns->csi initialization into the existing
subsys->lock critical section instead.
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c | 4 +++-
drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 5 ++---
drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
index e40fc361f5b6..74e76e12cf26 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,7 @@ static void nvmet_execute_identify_desclist(struct nvmet_req *req)
off_t off = 0;
u16 status;
uuid_t uuid;
+ u8 csi;
status = nvmet_req_find_ns(req);
if (status)
@@ -1105,9 +1106,10 @@ static void nvmet_execute_identify_desclist(struct nvmet_req *req)
goto out;
}
+ csi = nvmet_ns_csi(req->ns);
status = nvmet_copy_ns_identifier(req, NVME_NIDT_CSI,
NVME_NIDT_CSI_LEN,
- &req->ns->csi, &off);
+ &csi, &off);
if (status)
goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index 6b11beb2e2b2..1e55ca344c96 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ struct nvmet_ns *nvmet_ns_alloc(struct nvmet_subsys *subsys, u32 nsid)
subsys->nr_namespaces++;
uuid_gen(&ns->uuid);
+ ns->csi = NVME_CSI_NVM;
__release_ctx_lock(&ns->subsys->lock);
mutex_unlock(&subsys->lock);
@@ -781,8 +782,6 @@ struct nvmet_ns *nvmet_ns_alloc(struct nvmet_subsys *subsys, u32 nsid)
nvmet_ana_group_enabled[ns->anagrpid]++;
up_write(&nvmet_ana_sem);
- ns->csi = NVME_CSI_NVM;
-
return ns;
out_exit:
subsys->max_nsid = nvmet_max_nsid(subsys);
@@ -1184,7 +1183,7 @@ static u16 nvmet_parse_io_cmd(struct nvmet_req *req)
return ret;
}
- switch (req->ns->csi) {
+ switch (nvmet_ns_csi(req->ns)) {
case NVME_CSI_NVM:
if (nvmet_ns_file(req->ns))
ret = nvmet_file_parse_io_cmd(req);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
index 082d848ea2b0..77d518739f91 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ struct nvmet_ns {
__guarded_by(&subsys->lock);
int metadata_size
__guarded_by(&subsys->lock);
- u8 csi;
+ u8 csi
+ __guarded_by(&subsys->lock);
struct nvmet_pr pr;
struct xarray pr_per_ctrl_refs;
#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_TARGET_DEBUGFS
@@ -225,6 +226,7 @@ NVMET_NS_ACCESSOR(bool, buffered_io)
NVMET_NS_ACCESSOR(const char *, device_path)
NVMET_NS_ACCESSOR(int, pi_type)
NVMET_NS_ACCESSOR(int, metadata_size)
+NVMET_NS_ACCESSOR(u8, csi)
/*
* These accessors use data_race() and READ_ONCE() to allow lockless access to
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-09 3:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-09 3:28 [PATCH 00/23] nvmet: add context annotation for params in struct nvmet_ns Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 01/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::bdev Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 20:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 21:46 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 6:38 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-10 17:29 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-11 7:25 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-11 18:00 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-12 9:04 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 02/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::bdev access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 20:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 21:47 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 6:49 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 03/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::file Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 20:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 21:53 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 7:12 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 04/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::bdev_file Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 05/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::readonly Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 06/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::nsid Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 21:56 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 8:50 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 07/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::nsid access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 08/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::blksize_shift Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 09/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::size Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 10/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::nguid Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 11/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::uuid Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 21:58 ` Bart Van Assche
2026-11-10 9:01 ` Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 12/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::uuid access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 13/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::buffered_io Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 14/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::buffered_io access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 15/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::enabled Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 16/23] nvmet: fix access to nvmet_ns::enable using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 17/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::device_path Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 18/23] nvmet: fix nvmet_ns::device_path access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 21:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 19/23] nvmet: add context annotation for PCI P2P parameters in struct nvmet_ns Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 20/23] nvmet: fix PCI P2P parameters access using nvmet_subsys::lock Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 22:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 21/23] nvmet: add context annotation for integrity params in struct nvmet_ns Nilay Shroff
2026-11-09 3:28 ` Nilay Shroff [this message]
2026-11-09 3:28 ` [PATCH 23/23] nvmet: add context annotation for nvmet_ns::debugfs_dir Nilay Shroff
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