[PATCH 8/9] libnvme: add support for nshead diagnostic counters
Nilay Shroff
nilay at linux.ibm.com
Sat Mar 21 08:28:07 PDT 2026
Add support for retrieving nshead diagnostic counters such as requeue_
no_usable_path_count and fail_no_available_path_count.
The requeue_no_usable_path_count counter represents the number of I/Os
requeued to the namespace head when no usable path is available (for
example, due to transient link issues). The fail_no_available_path_count
counter represents the number of I/Os failed when no I/O path is
available (for example, when all paths are removed).
These counters improve visibility into NVMe native multipath behavior
and can be useful for tools such as nvme-top to display real-time
statistics.
Unlike other sysfs attributes, these counters can change dynamically.
Annotate them with "!accessors:none" and provide custom implementations
to always retrieve the latest (non-cached) values.
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay at linux.ibm.com>
---
libnvme/src/libnvme.ld | 2 ++
libnvme/src/nvme/private.h | 2 ++
libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 43 insertions(+)
diff --git a/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld b/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld
index a767eca5e..e3d2ca1bb 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld
+++ b/libnvme/src/libnvme.ld
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ LIBNVME_3 {
nvme_ns_get_io_ticks;
nvme_ns_get_command_retry_count;
nvme_ns_get_command_error_count;
+ nvme_ns_get_requeue_no_usable_path_count;
+ nvme_ns_get_fail_no_available_path_count;
nvme_ns_identify;
nvme_ns_read;
nvme_rescan_ns;
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h b/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
index f58b13bd7..f7f8b4f76 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/private.h
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ struct nvme_ns { /*!generate-accessors*/
long command_retry_count; //!accessors:none
long command_error_count; //!accessors:none
+ long requeue_no_usable_path_count; //!accessors:none
+ long fail_no_available_path_count; //!accessors:none
};
struct nvme_ctrl { /*!generate-accessors*/
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
index f82ea4c02..0f0761005 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.c
@@ -2570,6 +2570,28 @@ __public long nvme_ns_get_command_error_count(nvme_ns_t n)
return n->command_error_count;
}
+__public long nvme_ns_get_requeue_no_usable_path_count(nvme_ns_t n)
+{
+ _cleanup_free_ char *requeue_count = NULL;
+
+ requeue_count = nvme_get_ns_attr(n, "requeue_no_usable_path_count");
+ if (requeue_count)
+ sscanf(requeue_count, "%ld", &n->requeue_no_usable_path_count);
+
+ return n->requeue_no_usable_path_count;
+}
+
+__public long nvme_ns_get_fail_no_available_path_count(nvme_ns_t n)
+{
+ _cleanup_free_ char *fail_count = NULL;
+
+ fail_count = nvme_get_ns_attr(n, "fail_no_available_path_count");
+ if (fail_count)
+ sscanf(fail_count, "%ld", &n->fail_no_available_path_count);
+
+ return n->fail_no_available_path_count;
+}
+
__public int nvme_ns_identify(nvme_ns_t n, struct nvme_id_ns *ns)
{
struct nvme_transport_handle *hdl;
diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h
index 6cff114bb..a34a31601 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/tree.h
@@ -546,6 +546,23 @@ long nvme_ns_get_command_retry_count(nvme_ns_t n);
*/
long nvme_ns_get_command_error_count(nvme_ns_t n);
+/**
+ * nvme_ns_get_requeue_no_usable_path_count() - Get num of I/O requeue count
+ * @n: &nvme_ns_t object
+ *
+ * Return: Number of I/Os which are re-queued due to the unavalibility of
+ * any usable path (maybe path is currently experiencing transinet link failure)
+ */
+long nvme_ns_get_requeue_no_usable_path_count(nvme_ns_t n);
+
+/**
+ * nvme_ns_get_fail_no_available_path_count() - Get num of I/Os forced to fail
+ * @n: &nvme_ns_t object
+ *
+ * Return: Number of I/Os which are forced to fail due to no path available
+ */
+long nvme_ns_get_fail_no_available_path_count(nvme_ns_t n);
+
/**
* nvme_ns_get_generic_name() - Returns name of generic namespace chardev.
* @n: Namespace instance
--
2.53.0
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