Re: [PATCH] nvme: update firmware version after commit

[Niklas Cassel <Niklas.Cassel@wdc.com>]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 08:26:23AM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> The firmware version sysfs entry needs to be updated after a successfully
> firmware activation.
> 
> nvme-cli stopped issuing an Identify Controller command to list the
> current firmware information and relies on sysfs showing the current
> firmware version.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> index 62612f87aafa..bb15d878e8a2 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> @@ -4079,6 +4079,20 @@ static void nvme_get_fw_slot_info(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
>  	kfree(log);
>  }
>  
> +static void nvme_update_firmware_rev(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> +{
> +	struct nvme_id_ctrl *id;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = nvme_identify_ctrl(ctrl, &id);

Hello Daniel,

I understand that nvme_fw_act_work() is called when
receiving a NVME_AER_NOTICE_FW_ACT_STARTING AEN.

This AEN is received when a Firmware Activate command was
issued with value 0x3 "The image specified by the Firmware Slot
field is requested to be activated immediately without reset."

However, when upgrading firmware (even without a reset),
can't more things other than FW version change?

Sure, I understand that there is no need to do a reset
(as in the cases there the firmware deems that a reset is
needed to do the FW activation without reset, the Firmware Activate
command with value 0x3 returns a failure), but it just seems like
more fields than FW version needs to be re-read.

Theoretically, can't a FW upgrade go from NVMe 1.4 to NVMe 2.0,
and that firmware can return success for the Firmware Activate
command with value 0x3?


Kind regards,
Niklas