[PATCH v16 6/9] nvmet-passthru: Add passthru code to process commands

[Logan Gunthorpe]

On 2020-07-24 1:33 p.m., Keith Busch wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 11:25:17AM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>> +	/*
>> +	 * The passthru NVMe driver may have a limit on the number of segments
>> +	 * which depends on the host's memory fragementation. To solve this,
>> +	 * ensure mdts is limitted to the pages equal to the number of
> 
>                           limited
> 
>> +	/* don't support fuse commands */
>> +	id->fuses = 0;
> 
> If a host were to set a fuse, the target should return an Invalid Field
> error. Just to future-proof, rejecting commands with any flags set
> (other than SGL, which you handled in patch 1/9) is probably what should
> happen, like:

> 
>> +u16 nvmet_parse_passthru_io_cmd(struct nvmet_req *req)
>> +{
> 
> 	if (req->cmd->common.flags & ~NVME_CMD_SGL_ALL)
> 		return NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD;


Yes, this seems like a good idea. I can add it.

> Or maybe we could obviate the need for 1/9 with something like:
> 
> 	req->cmd->common.flags &= ~NVME_CMD_SGL_ALL;
> 	if (req->cmd->common.flags)
> 		return NVME_SC_INVALID_FIELD;

We used to clear the SGL flags in the target passthru code but Christoph
asked that it be done in the host code, hence patch 1/9.

Logan