[PATCH v2 7/7] nvme: fcloop: Add set_marginal_rport to sysfs

[Jesse Taube]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 10:03 AM Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de> wrote:
>
> On 9/2/26 10:05 PM, Jesse Taube wrote:
> > To allow testing of multipath failover, add a sysfs attribute to set a
> > remote port as marginal. This will allow the fcloop LLDD to set the
> > marginal flag on a remote port, simulating a marginal link.
> >
> > Example:
> > Turn on marginal for a remote port matching wwnn and wwpn:
> > `echo 'wwnn=0x200000109b5f2956,wwpn=0x100000109b5f2956,marginal=1' >
> > /sys/class/fcloop/ctl/set_marginal_rport`
> >
> > Turn off marginal for a remote port matching wwnn and wwpn:
> > `echo 'wwnn=0x200000109b5f2956,wwpn=0x100000109b5f2956,marginal=0' >
> > /sys/class/fcloop/ctl/set_marginal_rport`
> >
> > Suggested-by: John Meneghini <jmeneghi at redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <jtaubepe at redhat.com>
> > V10 -> V1:
> >   - New patch
> > V1 -> V2:
> >   - Fix reference count leak in error path
> > ---
> >   drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
> > index b63af3b643a6..9977c2a71bd5 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/target/fcloop.c
> > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
> >   #include <linux/module.h>
> >   #include <linux/parser.h>
> >   #include <uapi/scsi/fc/fc_fs.h>
> > +#include <uapi/scsi/fc/fc_els.h>
> >
> >   #include "../host/nvme.h"
> >   #include "../target/nvmet.h"
> > @@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ enum {
> >       NVMF_OPT_FCADDR         = 1 << 3,
> >       NVMF_OPT_LPWWNN         = 1 << 4,
> >       NVMF_OPT_LPWWPN         = 1 << 5,
> > +     NVMF_OPT_MARGINAL       = 1 << 6,
> >   };
> >
> >   struct fcloop_ctrl_options {
> > @@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ struct fcloop_ctrl_options {
> >       u32                     fcaddr;
> >       u64                     lpwwnn;
> >       u64                     lpwwpn;
> > +     u32                     marginal;
> >   };
> >
> >   static const match_table_t opt_tokens = {
> > @@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ static const match_table_t opt_tokens = {
> >       { NVMF_OPT_FCADDR,      "fcaddr=%x"     },
> >       { NVMF_OPT_LPWWNN,      "lpwwnn=%s"     },
> >       { NVMF_OPT_LPWWPN,      "lpwwpn=%s"     },
> > +     { NVMF_OPT_MARGINAL,    "marginal=%d"   },
> >       { NVMF_OPT_ERR,         NULL            }
> >   };
> >
> > @@ -120,6 +124,13 @@ fcloop_parse_options(struct fcloop_ctrl_options *opts,
> >                       }
> >                       opts->lpwwpn = token64;
> >                       break;
> > +             case NVMF_OPT_MARGINAL:
> > +                     if (match_int(args, &token)) {
> > +                             ret = -EINVAL;
> > +                             goto out_free_options;
> > +                     }
> > +                     opts->marginal = token;
> > +                     break;
> >               default:
> >                       pr_warn("unknown parameter or missing value '%s'\n", p);
> >                       ret = -EINVAL;
> > @@ -199,6 +210,9 @@ fcloop_parse_nm_options(struct device *dev, u64 *nname, u64 *pname,
> >
> >   #define TGTPORT_OPTS        (NVMF_OPT_WWNN | NVMF_OPT_WWPN)
> >
> > +#define MARGINAL_OPTS        (NVMF_OPT_WWNN | NVMF_OPT_WWPN | \
> > +                      NVMF_OPT_MARGINAL)
> > +
> >
> >   static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(fcloop_lock);
> >   static LIST_HEAD(fcloop_lports);
> > @@ -1663,6 +1677,40 @@ fcloop_set_cmd_drop(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> >       return count;
> >   }
> >
> > +static ssize_t
> > +fcloop_set_marginal_rport(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
> > +             const char *buf, size_t count)
> > +{
> > +     struct fcloop_nport *nport;
> > +     struct fcloop_ctrl_options opts = {};
> > +     unsigned long flags;
> > +     int ret;
> > +
> > +     ret = fcloop_parse_options(&opts, buf);
> > +     if (ret)
> > +             return ret;
> > +
> > +     /* everything there ? */
> > +     if ((opts.mask & MARGINAL_OPTS) != MARGINAL_OPTS)
> > +             return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +     nport = fcloop_nport_lookup(opts.wwnn, opts.wwpn);
> > +     if (!nport)
> > +             return -ENOENT;
> > +
> > +     spin_lock_irqsave(&fcloop_lock, flags);
> > +     if (!nport->rport || !nport->rport->remoteport) {
> > +             spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fcloop_lock, flags);
> > +             fcloop_nport_put(nport);
> > +             return -ENOENT;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     nvme_fc_set_remoteport_fpin(nport->rport->remoteport, opts.marginal);
> > +     spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fcloop_lock, flags);
> > +     fcloop_nport_put(nport);
> > +
> > +     return count;
> > +}
> >
> >   static DEVICE_ATTR(add_local_port, 0200, NULL, fcloop_create_local_port);
> >   static DEVICE_ATTR(del_local_port, 0200, NULL, fcloop_delete_local_port);
> > @@ -1671,6 +1719,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(del_remote_port, 0200, NULL, fcloop_delete_remote_port);
> >   static DEVICE_ATTR(add_target_port, 0200, NULL, fcloop_create_target_port);
> >   static DEVICE_ATTR(del_target_port, 0200, NULL, fcloop_delete_target_port);
> >   static DEVICE_ATTR(set_cmd_drop, 0200, NULL, fcloop_set_cmd_drop);
> > +static DEVICE_ATTR(set_marginal_rport, 0200, NULL, fcloop_set_marginal_rport);
> >
> >   static struct attribute *fcloop_dev_attrs[] = {
> >       &dev_attr_add_local_port.attr,
> > @@ -1680,6 +1729,7 @@ static struct attribute *fcloop_dev_attrs[] = {
> >       &dev_attr_add_target_port.attr,
> >       &dev_attr_del_target_port.attr,
> >       &dev_attr_set_cmd_drop.attr,
> > +     &dev_attr_set_marginal_rport.attr,
> >       NULL
> >   };
> >
> Please don't make it a fabrics option.

What do you mean by fabrics option? How should I fix this?

Thanks,
Jesse Taube

> Setting is via sysfs is
> sufficient seeing it's for testing only.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
> --
> Dr. Hannes Reinecke                  Kernel Storage Architect
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