[PATCH v1 2/2] nvme-pci: handle dma_opt_mapping_size() returning 0
Damien Le Moal
dlemoal at kernel.org
Mon Mar 16 14:21:14 PDT 2026
On 3/17/26 05:39, Ionut Nechita (Wind River) wrote:
> From: Ionut Nechita <ionut.nechita at windriver.com>
>
> After the previous commit, dma_opt_mapping_size() returns 0 when no DMA
> backend provides an optimal mapping size hint (e.g. IOMMU in passthrough
> mode with no ops->opt_mapping_size callback).
>
> The NVMe PCI driver used min_t(u32, NVME_MAX_BYTES >> SECTOR_SHIFT,
> dma_opt_mapping_size() >> 9) to cap max_hw_sectors. With a 0 return
> value this would set max_hw_sectors to 0, which is invalid.
>
> Guard the min_t so that max_hw_sectors is only capped when
> dma_opt_mapping_size() provides a real hint. When it returns 0, fall
> back to the existing NVME_MAX_BYTES >> SECTOR_SHIFT default.
>
> Fixes: 3710e2b056cb ("nvme-pci: clamp max_hw_sectors based on DMA optimized limitation")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Ionut Nechita <ionut.nechita at windriver.com>
> ---
> drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> index b78ba239c8ea8..dc148fb6eff28 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> @@ -3640,6 +3640,7 @@ static struct nvme_dev *nvme_pci_alloc_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> {
> unsigned long quirks = id->driver_data;
> int node = dev_to_node(&pdev->dev);
> + size_t dma_opt;
> struct nvme_dev *dev;
> struct quirk_entry *qentry;
> int ret = -ENOMEM;
> @@ -3691,12 +3692,16 @@ static struct nvme_dev *nvme_pci_alloc_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev,
> dma_set_max_seg_size(&pdev->dev, 0xffffffff);
>
> /*
> - * Limit the max command size to prevent iod->sg allocations going
> - * over a single page.
> + * Limit the max command size to prevent iod->sg allocations
> + * going over a single page. Only apply the DMA optimal mapping
> + * size limit when the DMA layer actually provides one (non-zero
> + * return from dma_opt_mapping_size()).
> */
> - dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors = min_t(u32,
> - NVME_MAX_BYTES >> SECTOR_SHIFT,
> - dma_opt_mapping_size(&pdev->dev) >> 9);
Why not simply change this to min_not_zero() ? That would do the same. Are you
maybe getting a warning without the u32 cast ?
> + dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors = NVME_MAX_BYTES >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
> + dma_opt = dma_opt_mapping_size(&pdev->dev);
> + if (dma_opt)
> + dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors =
> + min_t(u32, dev->ctrl.max_hw_sectors, dma_opt >> 9);
> dev->ctrl.max_segments = NVME_MAX_SEGS;
> dev->ctrl.max_integrity_segments = 1;
> return dev;
--
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research
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