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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Cc: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>, Daniel Wagner <dwagner@suse.de>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: Use NN for max_namespaces if MNAN is zero
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 09:37:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210524073703.GA24372@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f89bf79e-937c-96ba-4622-4a29fce00b0e@grimberg.me>

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 01:19:26PM -0700, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
>
>>> Forgot to mention: During testing dynamically adding namespaces it was
>>> possible to trigger the WARNINGs in the nvme_parse_ana_log(). Initially
>>> the subsystem started with 8 namespaces and during runtime another 8
>>> namespaces was added.
>>
>> The controller is required to have a non-zero MNAN value if it supports
>> ANA:
>>
>>    If the controller supports Asymmetric Namespace Access Reporting, then
>>    this field shall be set to a non-zero value that is less than or equal
>>    to the NN value.
>
> That was my thought exactly

I think we should add a sanity check for that and reject the broken
controller if that is not the case rather than working around it.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-24  7:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-21 14:47 [PATCH] nvme: Use NN for max_namespaces if MNAN is zero Daniel Wagner
2021-05-21 14:53 ` Daniel Wagner
2021-05-21 15:27   ` Keith Busch
2021-05-21 20:19     ` Sagi Grimberg
2021-05-24  7:37       ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2021-05-25  7:12         ` Daniel Wagner
2021-05-25  7:22           ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-05-25  7:52             ` Daniel Wagner

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