[PATCH 3/3] nvme: add KConfig options for debug features
Chaitanya Kulkarni
chaitanyak at nvidia.com
Thu Dec 16 22:52:33 PST 2021
>>>> A controller(s) that is used in the production environment goes
>>>> through qualification process from vendors and from the consumers
>>>> to make sure they are stable, something like spurious completions
>>>> detection is a basic part of the qualification,
>>>
>>> I don't think that assuming that a production controller does not
>>> have any hidden bugs is a great practice, and controllers evolve during
>>> their production lifetime.
>>>
>>
>> That is why we should keep it configurable and let user decide.
>
> OK, so this allows a user that is absolutely set on shaving few
> nano-seconds to sacrifice a level of protection against buggy
> controllers. Is this a real use-case?
>
> For that, I guess the config option is fine, but this at the very least
> needs to default to y.
Okay, I'll send out V2 with default options set to y.
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