[PATCH v2 2/2] nvme-pci: Add debug message on fail to read CSTS

Gerd Bayer gbayer at linux.ibm.com
Thu Oct 23 07:17:31 PDT 2025


On Thu, 2025-10-23 at 11:55 +0100, John Garry wrote:
> On 22/10/2025 11:33, Gerd Bayer wrote:
> > Add a debug log spelling out that reading the CSTS register failed - to
> > distinguish this from other reasons for ENODEV.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Wilfred Mallawa <wilfred.mallawa at wdc.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch at nvidia.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Gerd Bayer <gbayer at linux.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >   drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 1 +
> >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> > index 8c624960c9f67e0cc8409023de5e532d6ed9b3ac..ce563e93d29443a25e9236d0b6d8152ee85796d7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> > @@ -2906,6 +2906,7 @@ static int nvme_pci_enable(struct nvme_dev *dev)
> >   	pci_set_master(pdev);
> >   
> >   	if (readl(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CSTS) == -1) {
> > +		dev_dbg(dev->ctrl.device, "reading CSTS register failed");
> 
> we should add "\n" as a good practice, no?

that's a very valid point. Sheesh - how much can go wrong...

Thanks,
Gerd

> 
> >   		result = -ENODEV;
> >   		goto disable;
> >   	}
> > 



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