From: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
To: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, dwagner@suse.de, hare@suse.com,
hch@lst.de, sagi@grimberg.me, axboe@kernel.dk,
chaitanyak@nvidia.com, venkat88@linux.ibm.com,
gjoyce@linux.ibm.com, wenxiong@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 0/8] nvme: export additional diagnostic counters via sysfs
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 09:58:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiE-H8RAeUPoGphJ@kbusch-mbp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260516183709.269937-1-nilay@linux.ibm.com>
On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 12:06:47AM +0530, Nilay Shroff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The NVMe driver encounters various events and conditions during normal
> operation that are either not tracked today or not exposed to userspace
> via sysfs. Lack of visibility into these events can make it difficult to
> diagnose subtle issues related to controller behavior, multipath
> stability, and I/O reliability.
>
> This patchset adds several diagnostic counters that provide improved
> observability into NVMe behavior. These counters are intended to help
> users understand events such as transient path unavailability,
> controller retries/reconnect/reset, failovers, and I/O failures. They
> can also be consumed by monitoring tools such as nvme-top.
>
> Specifically, this series proposes to export the following counters via
> sysfs:
> - Command retry count
> - Multipath failover count
> - Command error count
> - I/O requeue count
> - I/O failure count
> - Controller reset event counts
> - Controller reconnect counts
Thanks, applied to nvme-7.2.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-04 8:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-16 18:36 [PATCHv4 0/8] nvme: export additional diagnostic counters via sysfs Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 1/8] nvme: add diag attribute group under sysfs Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 2/8] nvme: export command retry count via sysfs Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 3/8] nvme: export multipath failover " Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 4/8] nvme: export command error counters " Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 5/8] nvme: export I/O requeue count when no path is usable " Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 6/8] nvme: export I/O failure count when no path is available " Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 7/8] nvme: export controller reset event count " Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:36 ` [PATCHv4 8/8] nvme: export controller reconnect " Nilay Shroff
2026-05-16 18:47 ` [PATCHv4 0/8] nvme: export additional diagnostic counters " Nilay Shroff
2026-05-25 9:12 ` Venkat Rao Bagalkote
2026-05-27 19:54 ` Keith Busch
2026-06-04 8:58 ` Keith Busch [this message]
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