[PATCH v2 4/7] nvme-multipath: round-robin support for marginal paths
From: Jesse Taube
Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 16:23:42 EST
Exclude marginal paths from round-robin io policy. In the case where all
paths are marginal and no optimized or non-optimized path is found, we
fall back and perform round-robin on the marginal paths.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jtaubepe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
V10 -> V1:
- New commit
V1 -> V2:
- Rewrite
---
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index f28797deab68..738e3c742b74 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -392,22 +392,29 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_round_robin_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
int node = numa_node_id();
struct nvme_ns *old = srcu_dereference(head->current_path[node],
&head->srcu);
+ bool need_marginal;
if (unlikely(!old))
return __nvme_find_path(head, node);
if (list_is_singular(&head->list)) {
- if (nvme_path_is_disabled(old))
- return NULL;
- return old;
+ if (nvme_path_is_usable(old))
+ return old;
+ return NULL;
}
+ need_marginal = nvme_all_paths_marginal(head);
+
for (ns = nvme_next_ns(head, old);
ns && ns != old;
ns = nvme_next_ns(head, ns)) {
if (nvme_path_is_disabled(ns))
continue;
+ /* Skip marginal paths unless we need to use them */
+ if (!need_marginal && nvme_ctrl_is_marginal(ns->ctrl))
+ continue;
+
if (ns->ana_state == NVME_ANA_OPTIMIZED) {
found = ns;
goto out;
@@ -419,12 +426,23 @@ static struct nvme_ns *nvme_round_robin_path(struct nvme_ns_head *head)
/*
* The loop above skips the current path for round-robin semantics.
* Fall back to the current path if either:
- * - no other optimized path found and current is optimized,
+ * - no other optimized path found and current is,
+ * optimized and not marginal.
+ * - no other non-marginal path found and current is,
+ * optimized and marginal.
* - no other usable path found and current is usable.
*/
- if (!nvme_path_is_disabled(old) &&
- (old->ana_state == NVME_ANA_OPTIMIZED ||
- (!found && old->ana_state == NVME_ANA_NONOPTIMIZED)))
+ /* no other usable path found and current is usable. */
+ if (nvme_path_is_usable(old) && !found)
+ return old;
+ /*
+ * - no other optimized path found and current is,
+ * optimized and not marginal.
+ * - no other non-marginal path found and current is,
+ * optimized and marginal.
+ */
+ if (nvme_path_is_usable(old) && old->ana_state == NVME_ANA_OPTIMIZED &&
+ (!nvme_ctrl_is_marginal(old->ctrl) || need_marginal))
return old;
if (!found)
--
2.55.0