[PATCH v3 8/8] nvme-rdma: return BLK_STS_TARGET for unsupported P2P transfers

From: Mykola Marzhan

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 13:56:28 EST


ib_dma_map_sg() returns 0 on a P2P mapping failure, losing the DMA
layer's -EREMOTEIO, so nvme-rdma reports a path error.
Default multipath requeues the I/O forever, and without multipath
it burns nvme_max_retries requeues, then completes as retryable
BLK_STS_TRANSPORT.

Map the data and metadata scatterlists with
ib_dma_map_sgtable_attrs() and return BLK_STS_TARGET for -EREMOTEIO,
matching nvme-pci (commit 91fb2b6052f7 ("nvme-pci: convert to using
dma_map_sgtable()")).
Scatterlists stay: ib_map_mr_sg() consumes them, so blk_rq_dma_map
does not apply.

Start the request only after mapping succeeds so multipath
accounting is never taken for an unmapped request, and ratelimit
the map-failure message.

Fixes: 23528aa3320a ("nvme: enable PCI P2PDMA support for RDMA transport")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v7.1
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Mykola Marzhan <mykola@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 6909e3542794..f8edb23552ad 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -1469,6 +1469,7 @@ static int nvme_rdma_dma_map_req(struct ib_device *ibdev, struct request *rq,
int *count, int *pi_count)
{
struct nvme_rdma_request *req = blk_mq_rq_to_pdu(rq);
+ struct sg_table sgt;
int ret;

req->data_sgl.sg_table.sgl = (struct scatterlist *)(req + 1);
@@ -1480,12 +1481,14 @@ static int nvme_rdma_dma_map_req(struct ib_device *ibdev, struct request *rq,

req->data_sgl.nents = blk_rq_map_sg(rq, req->data_sgl.sg_table.sgl);

- *count = ib_dma_map_sg(ibdev, req->data_sgl.sg_table.sgl,
- req->data_sgl.nents, rq_dma_dir(rq));
- if (unlikely(*count <= 0)) {
- ret = -EIO;
+ sgt = (struct sg_table) {
+ .sgl = req->data_sgl.sg_table.sgl,
+ .orig_nents = req->data_sgl.nents,
+ };
+ ret = ib_dma_map_sgtable_attrs(ibdev, &sgt, rq_dma_dir(rq), 0);
+ if (unlikely(ret))
goto out_free_table;
- }
+ *count = sgt.nents;

if (blk_integrity_rq(rq)) {
req->metadata_sgl->sg_table.sgl =
@@ -1501,14 +1504,14 @@ static int nvme_rdma_dma_map_req(struct ib_device *ibdev, struct request *rq,

req->metadata_sgl->nents = blk_rq_map_integrity_sg(rq,
req->metadata_sgl->sg_table.sgl);
- *pi_count = ib_dma_map_sg(ibdev,
- req->metadata_sgl->sg_table.sgl,
- req->metadata_sgl->nents,
- rq_dma_dir(rq));
- if (unlikely(*pi_count <= 0)) {
- ret = -EIO;
+ sgt = (struct sg_table) {
+ .sgl = req->metadata_sgl->sg_table.sgl,
+ .orig_nents = req->metadata_sgl->nents,
+ };
+ ret = ib_dma_map_sgtable_attrs(ibdev, &sgt, rq_dma_dir(rq), 0);
+ if (unlikely(ret))
goto out_free_pi_table;
- }
+ *pi_count = sgt.nents;
}

return 0;
@@ -2026,8 +2029,6 @@ static blk_status_t nvme_rdma_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
if (ret)
goto unmap_qe;

- nvme_start_request(rq);
-
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY) &&
queue->pi_support &&
(c->common.opcode == nvme_cmd_write ||
@@ -2039,11 +2040,13 @@ static blk_status_t nvme_rdma_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,

err = nvme_rdma_map_data(queue, rq, c);
if (unlikely(err < 0)) {
- dev_err(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
- "Failed to map data (%d)\n", err);
+ dev_err_ratelimited(queue->ctrl->ctrl.device,
+ "Failed to map data (%d)\n", err);
goto err;
}

+ nvme_start_request(rq);
+
sqe->cqe.done = nvme_rdma_send_done;

ib_dma_sync_single_for_device(dev, sqe->dma,
@@ -2063,6 +2066,9 @@ static blk_status_t nvme_rdma_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
ret = nvme_host_path_error(rq);
else if (err == -ENOMEM || err == -EAGAIN)
ret = BLK_STS_RESOURCE;
+ /* Peer memory unreachable from this device: don't retry. */
+ else if (err == -EREMOTEIO)
+ ret = BLK_STS_TARGET;
else
ret = BLK_STS_IOERR;
nvme_cleanup_cmd(rq);
--
2.52.0