[PATCH] NVMe: Skip namespaces with interleaved meta-data

[keith.busch@intel.com (Keith Busch)]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Busch <keith.busch at intel.com> writes:
> Keith> That's an option for a subset of formats I eluded to before. It
> Keith> will have the controller generate/strip if the metadata size 8
> Keith> bytes with DPS settings, but ignored otherwise. We still need a
> Keith> buffer if metadata is not used for PI, or if the metadata size
> Keith> more than 8 bytes.
>
> I agree it's a deficiency in the NVMe spec that there are no explicit
> handling flags for non-PI metadata in split mode.

Yeah, it is pretty bad. Pressing forward though, I'm working on something
that might be suitable, but hitting another problem using integrity
extensions with blk-mq.

Jens,
Integrity verify is broken in here. blk_mq_end_request() calls
blk_update_request(), which moves the bio iterator to the end.
When we get to bio_integrity_process(), there's nothing for it to do,
so verification is skipped.

Should I look into this, or do you have a good idea how to fix that?