[PATCH] nvme-core: checking nlbaf when retrieving lbaf index
Keith Busch
kbusch at kernel.org
Tue Jun 27 08:24:43 PDT 2023
On Wed, Jun 21, 2023 at 11:22:58AM +0200, Irvin Cote wrote:
> As per NVM-Express-NVM-Command-Set-Specification-1.0c
> ignore the two most significant bits of flbas if nlbaf
> is inferior or equal to 16
They're reserved bits in 1.0 and:
"A reserved bit, byte, word, field, property, or register shall be
cleared to 0h"
So we don't need to validate prior to using these bits unless a
controller is breaking spec.
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