[regression] Bug 217037 - cmb attributes missing from the nvme class under sysfs

[Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)]

Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker.

I noticed a regression report in bugzilla.kernel.org. As many (most?)
kernel developer don't keep an eye on it, I decided to forward it by
mail. Quoting from https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217037 :

>  michallinuxstuff at gmail.com 2023-02-14 14:16:26 UTC
> 
> For the CMB-capable nvme ctrls, kernel was exposing couple of related attributes under the sysfs. E.g.
> 
> 
> # grep . /sys/class/nvme/nvme0/cmb*
> /sys/class/nvme/nvme0/cmb:cmbloc : x00000062
> /sys/class/nvme/nvme0/cmb:cmbsz  : x0008021d
> /sys/class/nvme/nvme0/cmbloc:98
> /sys/class/nvme/nvme0/cmbsz:524829
> #
> 

> The above was taken from fedora37 running under 6.1.8 kernel build.
> In 6.1.{9,10} all these attributes are gone.
> 
> I am running fedora37 under QEMU 7.{0,2}.0, all nvmes are emulated.
> 
> I've tried to understand what change in 6.1.9 might have caused it
> (suspected that maybe fedora's src is applying some weird patches on
> top but that's not it), but I could not pinpoint anything specific.
> 
> The latest commit that indirectly touches these attributes is
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=86adbf0cdb9ec
> but my C-fu is to weak to understand if this really could somehow
> hide|remove these attrs.
> 
> Also from the look of nvme_pci_attrs_are_visible() nothing has
> recently changed. I use same QEMU params for setting up the nvmes
> across all the VMs - is it possible that the way QEMU exposes CMB is
> not valid anymore?
> 
> If I check proper BARs with setpci + /proc/iomem it seems like CMB is
> there. SPDK also tells me that given nvme comes with CMB.
> 
> Any hints would be appreciated. I have couple of scripts which depend
> on these so I am a bit biased if it comes to prio on this. :)>
> [...]
>
> So I did install the latest available build,
> 6.2.0-0.rc8.20230215gte1c04510.258.vanilla.fc37.x86_64 to be exact,
> but there's no change - /cmb* stuff is still missing (remaining
> parts, lspci output, etc. look exactly the same as in the case of
> previously mentioned versions).

See the ticket for more details.


[TLDR for the rest of this mail: I'm adding this report to the list of
tracked Linux kernel regressions; the text you find below is based on a
few templates paragraphs you might have encountered already in similar
form.]

BTW, let me use this mail to also add the report to the list of tracked
regressions to ensure it's doesn't fall through the cracks:

#regzbot introduced: v6.1..v6.2-rc8
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217037
#regzbot title: nvme: cmb attributes vanished after v6.1.8
#regzbot ignore-activity

This isn't a regression? This issue or a fix for it are already
discussed somewhere else? It was fixed already? You want to clarify when
the regression started to happen? Or point out I got the title or
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