[PATCH V4 2/9] nvme: add sysfs attribute to change admin timeout per nvme controller

Hannes Reinecke hare at suse.de
Mon May 11 02:46:27 PDT 2026


On 5/8/26 15:33, Maurizio Lombardi wrote:
> Currently, there is no method to adjust the timeout values
> on a per controller basis with nvme admin queues.
> Add an admin_timeout attribute to nvme so that different
> nvme controllers which may have different timeout
> requirements can have custom admin timeouts set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard at redhat.com>
> ---
>   drivers/nvme/host/core.c  |  1 +
>   drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h  |  1 +
>   drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> index 89948d0acf18..b1bfcd0a0e5b 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> @@ -5140,6 +5140,7 @@ int nvme_init_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct device *dev,
>   	memset(&ctrl->ka_cmd, 0, sizeof(ctrl->ka_cmd));
>   	ctrl->ka_cmd.common.opcode = nvme_admin_keep_alive;
>   	ctrl->ka_last_check_time = jiffies;
> +	ctrl->admin_timeout = NVME_ADMIN_TIMEOUT;

Why do you remove the default timeout?
Shouldn't admin requests run with the admin timeout per default?

Cheers,

Hannes
-- 
Dr. Hannes Reinecke                  Kernel Storage Architect
hare at suse.de                                +49 911 74053 688
SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg
HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), GF: I. Totev, A. McDonald, W. Knoblich



More information about the Linux-nvme mailing list