Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvme: fix racy access to FDP placement ID array
From: Kanchan Joshi
Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 10:37:39 EST
Hari,
Can you please try this patch and see if this solves what you saw?
drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++---------------------
drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 453c1f0b2dd0..09cb22f6509c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2320,14 +2320,6 @@ static int nvme_query_fdp_info(struct nvme_ns
*ns, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
size_t size;
int i, ret;
- /*
- * The FDP configuration is static for the lifetime of the
namespace,
- * so return immediately if we've already registered this
namespace's
- * streams.
- */
- if (head->nr_plids)
- return 0;
-
ret = nvme_get_features(ctrl, NVME_FEAT_FDP, info->endgid, NULL, 0,
&fdp);
if (ret) {
@@ -2374,6 +2366,7 @@ static int nvme_query_fdp_info(struct nvme_ns *ns,
struct nvme_ns_info *info)
for (i = 0; i < head->nr_plids; i++)
head->plids[i] = le16_to_cpu(ruhs->ruhsd[i].pid);
+ head->write_stream_granularity = min(info->runs, U32_MAX);
free:
kfree(ruhs);
return ret;
@@ -2421,12 +2414,6 @@ static int nvme_update_ns_info_block(struct
nvme_ns *ns,
goto out;
}
- if (ns->ctrl->ctratt & NVME_CTRL_ATTR_FDPS) {
- ret = nvme_query_fdp_info(ns, info);
- if (ret < 0)
- goto out;
- }
-
if (nvme_invalid_lba_sz(le64_to_cpu(id->nsze),
id->lbaf[lbaf].ds - SECTOR_SHIFT, &capacity)) {
dev_warn_once(ns->ctrl->device,
@@ -2469,10 +2456,7 @@ static int nvme_update_ns_info_block(struct
nvme_ns *ns,
capacity = 0;
lim.max_write_streams = ns->head->nr_plids;
- if (lim.max_write_streams)
- lim.write_stream_granularity = min(info->runs, U32_MAX);
- else
- lim.write_stream_granularity = 0;
+ lim.write_stream_granularity = ns->head->write_stream_granularity;
/*
* Only set the DEAC bit if the device guarantees that reads from
@@ -3964,9 +3948,10 @@ static void nvme_add_ns_cdev(struct nvme_ns *ns)
set_bit(NVME_NS_CDEV_LIVE, &ns->flags);
}
-static struct nvme_ns_head *nvme_alloc_ns_head(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
+static struct nvme_ns_head *nvme_alloc_ns_head(struct nvme_ns *ns,
struct nvme_ns_info *info)
{
+ struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = ns->ctrl;
struct nvme_ns_head *head;
size_t size = sizeof(*head);
int ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -4002,15 +3987,26 @@ static struct nvme_ns_head
*nvme_alloc_ns_head(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
} else
head->effects = ctrl->effects;
+ if (ctrl->ctratt & NVME_CTRL_ATTR_FDPS) {
+ ns->head = head;
+ ret = nvme_query_fdp_info(ns, info);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto out_clear_ns_head;
+ }
+
ret = nvme_mpath_alloc_disk(ctrl, head);
if (ret)
- goto out_cleanup_srcu;
+ goto out_cleanup_fdp;
list_add_tail(&head->entry, &ctrl->subsys->nsheads);
kref_get(&ctrl->subsys->ref);
return head;
+out_cleanup_fdp:
+ kfree(head->plids);
+out_clear_ns_head:
+ ns->head = NULL;
out_cleanup_srcu:
cleanup_srcu_struct(&head->srcu);
out_ida_remove:
@@ -4103,7 +4099,7 @@ static int nvme_init_ns_head(struct nvme_ns *ns,
struct nvme_ns_info *info)
info->nsid);
goto out_unlock;
}
- head = nvme_alloc_ns_head(ctrl, info);
+ head = nvme_alloc_ns_head(ns, info);
if (IS_ERR(head)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(head);
goto out_unlock;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 824651cc898d..3ae73b36866d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ struct nvme_ns_head {
u16 nr_plids;
u16 *plids;
+ u32 write_stream_granularity;
#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
struct bio_list requeue_list;
spinlock_t requeue_lock;
--
2.25.1