[PATCHv3] nvme: module parameter to disable pi with offsets

[Keith Busch]

From: Keith Busch <kbusch at kernel.org>

A recent commit enables integrity checks for formats the previous kernel
versions registered with the "nop" integrity profile. This means
namespaces using that format become unreadable when upgrading the kernel
past that commit.

Introduce a module parameter to restore the "nop" integrity profile so
that storage can be readable once again. This could be a boot device, so
the setting needs to happen at module load time.

Fixes: 921e81db524d17 ("nvme: allow integrity when PI is not in first bytes")
Reported-by: David Wei <dw at davidwei.uk>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch at kernel.org>
---
v2->v3:

  Updated name and added a comment to explain why the parameter exists
 
 drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 84cb859a911d0..4ae878b86f2ba 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ module_param(apst_secondary_latency_tol_us, ulong, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(apst_secondary_latency_tol_us,
 	"secondary APST latency tolerance in us");
 
+/*
+ * Older kernels didn't enable protection information if it was at an offset.
+ * Newer kernels do, so it breaks reads on the upgrade if such formats were
+ * used in prior kernels since the metadata written did not contain a valid
+ * checksum.
+ */
+static bool disable_pi_offsets = false;
+module_param(disable_pi_offsets, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_pi_offsets,
+	"disable protection information if it has an offset");
+
 /*
  * nvme_wq - hosts nvme related works that are not reset or delete
  * nvme_reset_wq - hosts nvme reset works
@@ -1915,6 +1926,8 @@ static void nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
 		head->pi_type = id->dps & NVME_NS_DPS_PI_MASK;
 	if (!(id->dps & NVME_NS_DPS_PI_FIRST))
 		info->pi_offset = head->ms - head->pi_size;
+	if (info->pi_offset && disable_pi)
+		head->pi_type = 0;
 
 	if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_FABRICS) {
 		/*
-- 
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