[PATCH] nvme-host: fix the updating of the firmware version

Maurizio Lombardi mlombard at redhat.com
Thu Jan 18 03:48:54 PST 2024


The original code didn't update the firmware version if the
"next slot" of the AFI register isn't zero or if the
"current slot" field is zero; in those cases it assumed
that a reset was needed.

However, the NVMe specification doesn't exclude the possibility that
the "next slot" value is equal to the "current slot" value,
meaning that the same firmware slot will be activated after performing
a controller level reset; in this case a reset is clearly not
necessary and we can safely update the firmware version.

Modify the code so the kernel will report that a Controller Level Reset
is needed only in the following cases:

1) If the "current slot" field is zero. This is invalid and means that
   something is wrong, a reset is needed.

or

2) if the "next slot" field isn't zero AND it's not equal to the
   "current slot" value. This means that at the next reset a different
   firmware slot will be activated.

Fixes: 983a338b96c8 ("nvme: update firmware version after commit")
Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 0af612387083..44b0f665d49d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4139,6 +4139,7 @@ static bool nvme_ctrl_pp_status(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 static void nvme_get_fw_slot_info(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	struct nvme_fw_slot_info_log *log;
+	u8 next_fw_slot, cur_fw_slot;
 
 	log = kmalloc(sizeof(*log), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!log)
@@ -4150,13 +4151,15 @@ static void nvme_get_fw_slot_info(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		goto out_free_log;
 	}
 
-	if (log->afi & 0x70 || !(log->afi & 0x7)) {
+	cur_fw_slot = log->afi & 0x7;
+	next_fw_slot = (log->afi & 0x70) >> 4;
+	if (!cur_fw_slot || (next_fw_slot && (cur_fw_slot != next_fw_slot))) {
 		dev_info(ctrl->device,
 			 "Firmware is activated after next Controller Level Reset\n");
 		goto out_free_log;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(ctrl->subsys->firmware_rev, &log->frs[(log->afi & 0x7) - 1],
+	memcpy(ctrl->subsys->firmware_rev, &log->frs[cur_fw_slot - 1],
 		sizeof(ctrl->subsys->firmware_rev));
 
 out_free_log:
-- 
2.39.3




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