[PATCH 06/15] nvme: remove the hack to not update the discard limits in nvme_config_discard
Damien Le Moal
dlemoal at kernel.org
Mon Jan 22 21:12:37 PST 2024
On 1/23/24 02:36, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Now that the block layer tracks a separate user max discard limit, there
> is no need to prevent nvme from updating it on controller capability
> changes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
> ---
> drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 10 ----------
> 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> index 85ab0fcf9e8864..ef70268dccbc5a 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> @@ -1754,16 +1754,6 @@ static void nvme_config_discard(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct gendisk *disk,
> BUILD_BUG_ON(PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct nvme_dsm_range) <
> NVME_DSM_MAX_RANGES);
>
> - /*
> - * If discard is already enabled, don't reset queue limits.
> - *
> - * This works around the fact that the block layer can't cope well with
> - * updating the hardware limits when overridden through sysfs. This is
> - * harmless because discard limits in NVMe are purely advisory.
> - */
> - if (queue->limits.max_discard_sectors)
> - return;
> -
> blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(queue, max_discard_sectors);
This function references max_user_discard_sectors but that access is done
without holding the queue limits mutex. Is that safe ?
> if (ctrl->dmrl)
> blk_queue_max_discard_segments(queue, ctrl->dmrl);
--
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research
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