Re: [PATCH V3 1/1] nvme: Add quirk for LiteON CL1 devices running FW 220TQ,22001

From: Keith Busch
Date: Wed Oct 28 2020 - 22:34:22 EST


On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 02:20:27AM +0000, Gloria Tsai wrote:
> Corrected the description of this bug that SSD will not do GC after receiving shutdown cmd.
> Do GC before shutdown -> delete IO Q -> shutdown from host -> breakup GC -> D3hot -> enter PS4 -> have a chance swap block -> use wrong pointer on device SRAM -> over program

What do you mean by "wrong pointer"? At the place in the sequence you're
referring to, the PCI BME is disabled: you can't access *any* host RAM,
so there's no "correct" pointer either.