Re: [PATCH] nvme: Use NN for max_namespaces if MNAN is zero

[Keith Busch]

On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 04:53:06PM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 04:47:34PM +0200, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> > NVMe 1.4 states that MNAN might be zero, in which case we should
> > evaluate NN to get the number of supported namespaces.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> 
> 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.

>  WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 3990 at ../drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c:464 nvme_parse_ana_log+0x15f/0x180 [nvme_core]
>  Modules linked in: nls_utf8 isofs af_packet iscsi_ibft iscsi_boot_sysfs rfkill intel_rapl_msr iTCO_wdt intel_pmc_bxt iTCO_vendor_support dcdbas(XX) intel_rapl_common sb_edac x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretemp kvm_intel nls_iso8859_1 nls_cp437 vfat fat xfs kvm irqbypass crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel aesni_intel crypto_simd cryptd glue_helper pcspkr mgag200 joydev drm_kms_helper cec rc_core syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ipmi_ssif mei_me mei igb lpc_ich i2c_algo_bit dca ipmi_si ipmi_devintf ipmi_msghandler button drm fuse btrfs libcrc32c xor raid6_pq sr_mod cdrom sd_mod hid_generic usbhid uas usb_storage lpfc(OEXX) nvmet_fc nvmet configfs ehci_pci ehci_hcd nvme_fc ahci nvme_fabrics libahci nvme_core crc32c_intel libata usbcore scsi_transport_fc megaraid_sas t10_pi wmi sg dm_multipath dm_mod scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc scsi_dh_alua scsi_mod msr efivarfs
>  Supported: Yes, External
>  CPU: 3 PID: 3990 Comm: kworker/u82:4 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G           OE  X    5.3.18-56-default #1 SLE15-SP3
>  Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R630/0CNCJW, BIOS 2.11.0 11/02/2019
>  Workqueue: nvme-wq nvme_scan_work [nvme_core]
>  RIP: 0010:nvme_parse_ana_log+0x15f/0x180 [nvme_core]
>  Code: 48 83 c4 08 b8 ea ff ff ff 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 0f 0b 48 83 c4 08 b8 ea ff ff ff 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 08 b8 ea ff ff ff 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3
>  RSP: 0018:ffffa59f495cbca0 EFLAGS: 00010283
>  RAX: 0000000000000010 RBX: ffff98bacb7bd470 RCX: 0000000000000028
>  RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffa59f495cbce0 RDI: ffff98bacb7bd470
>  RBP: 0000000000000030 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000228
>  R10: ffff98c2b1caaa10 R11: 000000000001d900 R12: 0000000000000040
>  R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffffc02a9000 R15: ffff98c2b1caaa00
>  FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff98c2ff840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>  CR2: 000055a303a6a5e0 CR3: 00000006e820a004 CR4: 00000000001706e0
>  Call Trace:
>   nvme_mpath_add_disk+0x81/0x100 [nvme_core]
>   nvme_validate_ns+0x3d4/0x900 [nvme_core]
>   nvme_scan_work+0x155/0x2d0 [nvme_core]
>   process_one_work+0x1f4/0x3e0
>   worker_thread+0x2d/0x3e0
>   ? process_one_work+0x3e0/0x3e0
>   kthread+0x10d/0x130
>   ? kthread_park+0xa0/0xa0
>   ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40