[PATCH v2 0/2] NVMe Atomic Write fixes
Alan Adamson
alan.adamson at oracle.com
Wed May 7 16:41:33 PDT 2025
v2: 1/2 - Change wording of patch subject and description
2/2 - Rather than setting a controllers atomic write size to 512b if it doesn't
match the subsystem atomic write size, if a controllers atomic write size
is greater than he subsystem atomic write size, reject to probe.
This patch set includes 2 fixes for NVMe Atomic Writes that are reproducable
when CMIC.MCTRS (multi-controller support) is set:
PATCH 1/2 - nvme: multipath: enable BLK_FEAT_ATOMIC_WRITES for multipathing
PATCH 2/2 - nvme: all namespaces in a subsystem must adhere to a common atomic write size
QEMU v10.0 can be used to reproduce and validate the fixes.
nvme: multipath: enable BLK_FEAT_ATOMIC_WRITES for multipathing
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Include BLK_FEAT_ATOMIC_WRITES feature when allocating multipath disk (nvme_mpath_alloc_disk).
QEMU Config
===========
-device nvme,id=nvme-ctrl-0,serial=nvme-1,atomic.dn=off,atomic.awun=31,atomic.awupf=15 \
-drive file=/dev/nullb2,if=none,id=nvm-1 \
-device nvme-ns,drive=nvm-1,bus=nvme-ctrl-0,nsid=1 \
-device nvme,id=nvme-ctrl-1,serial=nvme-2,atomic.dn=off,atomic.awun=31,atomic.awupf=7 \
-drive file=/dev/nullb3,if=none,id=nvm-2 \
-device nvme-ns,drive=nvm-2,bus=nvme-ctrl-1,nsid=2 \
-device nvme,id=nvme-ctrl-2,serial=nvme-3,atomic.dn=off,atomic.awun=127,atomic.awupf=63 \
-drive file=/dev/nullb4,if=none,id=nvm-3 \
-device nvme-ns,drive=nvm-3,bus=nvme-ctrl-2 \
Before
======
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1n1 | grep cmic
cmic : 0x2
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1n1 | grep awupf
awupf : 63
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ns /dev/nvme1n1 | grep nawupf
nawupf : 0
[root at localhost ~]# cat /sys/block/nvme1n1/queue/atomic_write_max_bytes
0
[root at localhost ~]#
AFTER
=====
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1n1 | grep cmic
cmic : 0x2
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1n1 | grep awupf
awupf : 63
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ns /dev/nvme1n1 | grep nawupf
nawupf : 0
[root at localhost ~]# cat /sys/block/nvme1n1/queue/atomic_write_max_bytes
32768
[root at localhost ~]#
nvme: all namespaces in a subsystem must adhere to a common atomic write size
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Replace awupf field in nvme_subsystem struct with atomic_bs. The atomic_bs
value with awupf or nawupf. (nvme_update_disk_info)
- When a namespace is added, the atomic write size (from awupf or nawupf) is
checked with subsys->atomic_bs. If they don't match, the atomic write size is
set to 512 (1U << head->lba_shift) and a message in logged. (nvme_update_disk_info)
QEMU Config
===========
-device nvme-subsys,id=subsys0 \
-device nvme,serial=deadbeef,id=nvme0,subsys=subsys0,atomic.dn=off,atomic.awun=31,atomic.awupf=15 \
-drive id=ns1,file=/dev/nullb1,if=none \
-device nvme-ns,drive=ns1,bus=nvme0,nsid=1,zoned=false,shared=false \
-device nvme,serial=deadbeef,id=nvme1,subsys=subsys0,atomic.dn=off,atomic.awun=63,atomic.awupf=31 \
-drive id=ns2,file=/dev/nullb2,if=none \
-device nvme-ns,drive=ns2,bus=nvme1,nsid=2,zoned=false,shared=false \
BEFORE
======
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0n1 | grep cmic
cmic : 0x2
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0n1 | grep awupf
awupf : 15
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n1 | grep nawupf
nawupf : 0
[root at localhost ~]# cat /sys/block/nvme0n1/queue/atomic_write_max_bytes
8192
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0n2 | grep cmic
cmic : 0x2
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0n2 | grep awupf
awupf : 31
[root at localhost ~]# nvme id-ns /dev/nvme0n2 | grep nawupf
nawupf : 0
[root at localhost ~]# cat /sys/block/nvme0n2/queue/atomic_write_max_bytes
8192
[root at localhost ~]#
AFTER
=====
[root at localhost ~]# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 40G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part /boot
└─sda2 8:2 0 39G 0 part
└─ol-root 252:0 0 39G 0 lvm /
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
nvme1n2 259:1 0 250G 0 disk
[root at localhost ~]# sh testxx.sh nvme1n2
+ nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1n2
+ grep cmic
cmic : 0x2
+ nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1n2
+ grep awupf
awupf : 15
+ nvme id-ns /dev/nvme1n2
+ grep nawupf
nawupf : 0
+ cat /sys/block/nvme1n2/queue/atomic_write_max_bytes
8192
Console output:
[ 2.849583] nvme1c0n1: Inconsistent Atomic Write Size: Subsystem=8192 bytes, Controller/Namespace=16384 bytes
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