[PATCH v1] nvmet: Add traffic based keep alive support to configfs

From: Jesse Taube

Date: Tue Sep 22 2026 - 16:27:17 EST


Add the ability to turn on and off tbkas (traffic based keep alive
support) via configfs. This is useful for testing and debugging.

Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jtaubepe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c | 4 +++-
drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/nvme/target/core.c | 3 ++-
drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
index 7764a3c0195c..e734e4b68784 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/admin-cmd.c
@@ -696,7 +696,9 @@ static void nvmet_execute_identify_ctrl(struct nvmet_req *req)

/* XXX: figure out what to do about RTD3R/RTD3 */
id->oaes = cpu_to_le32(NVMET_AEN_CFG_OPTIONAL);
- ctratt = NVME_CTRL_ATTR_HID_128_BIT | NVME_CTRL_ATTR_TBKAS;
+ ctratt = NVME_CTRL_ATTR_HID_128_BIT;
+ if (subsys->tbkas)
+ ctratt |= NVME_CTRL_ATTR_TBKAS;
if (nvmet_is_pci_ctrl(ctrl))
ctratt |= NVME_CTRL_ATTR_RHII;
id->ctratt = cpu_to_le32(ctratt);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
index 6286e38436dd..5766e594e724 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/configfs.c
@@ -1369,6 +1369,32 @@ static ssize_t nvmet_subsys_attr_serial_store(struct config_item *item,
}
CONFIGFS_ATTR(nvmet_subsys_, attr_serial);

+static ssize_t nvmet_subsys_attr_tbkas_show(struct config_item *item,
+ char *page)
+{
+ return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", to_subsys(item)->tbkas);
+}
+
+static ssize_t nvmet_subsys_attr_tbkas_store(struct config_item *item,
+ const char *page, size_t count)
+{
+ struct nvmet_subsys *subsys = to_subsys(item);
+ bool tbkas;
+
+ if (subsys->subsys_discovered) {
+ pr_err("Can't set traffic based keep alive support. %d is already assigned\n",
+ subsys->tbkas);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (kstrtobool(page, &tbkas))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ subsys->tbkas = tbkas;
+ return count;
+}
+CONFIGFS_ATTR(nvmet_subsys_, attr_tbkas);
+
static ssize_t nvmet_subsys_attr_cntlid_min_show(struct config_item *item,
char *page)
{
@@ -1706,6 +1732,7 @@ static struct configfs_attribute *nvmet_subsys_attrs[] = {
&nvmet_subsys_attr_attr_qid_max,
&nvmet_subsys_attr_attr_ieee_oui,
&nvmet_subsys_attr_attr_firmware,
+ &nvmet_subsys_attr_attr_tbkas,
#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY
&nvmet_subsys_attr_attr_pi_enable,
#endif
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
index 43871a8f56ca..20aeb9624be0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/core.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ bool nvmet_req_init(struct nvmet_req *req, struct nvmet_sq *sq,
goto fail;
}

- if (sq->ctrl)
+ if (sq->ctrl && sq->ctrl->subsys->tbkas)
sq->ctrl->reset_tbkas = true;

return true;
@@ -1865,6 +1865,7 @@ struct nvmet_subsys *nvmet_subsys_alloc(const char *subsysnqn,
}

subsys->ieee_oui = 0;
+ subsys->tbkas = true;

subsys->firmware_rev = kstrndup(UTS_RELEASE, NVMET_FR_MAX_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!subsys->firmware_rev) {
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
index dbda55895f4f..241eac4fa969 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ struct nvmet_subsys {
bool subsys_discovered;
char *subsysnqn;
bool pi_support;
+ bool tbkas;

struct config_group group;

--
2.55.0