[PATCHv4 6/8] nvme: export I/O failure count when no path is available via sysfs
Nilay Shroff
nilay at linux.ibm.com
Sat May 16 11:36:53 PDT 2026
When I/O is submitted to the NVMe namespace head and no available path
can handle the request, the driver fails the I/O immediately. Currently,
such failures are only reported via kernel log messages, which may be
lost over time since dmesg is a circular buffer.
Add a new ns-head sysfs counter io_fail_no_available_path_count, under
diag attribute group to expose the number of I/Os that failed due to the
absence of an available path. This provides persistent visibility into
path-related I/O failures and can help users diagnose the cause of I/O
errors. This counter is also writable and so user may reset its value,
if needed.
This counter can also be consumed by monitoring tools such as nvme-top.
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay at linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 2 ++
drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index f72a687daa8f..dce566aca748 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ static void nvme_ns_head_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
dev_warn_ratelimited(dev, "no available path - failing I/O\n");
bio_io_error(bio);
+ atomic_long_inc(&head->io_fail_no_available_path_count);
}
srcu_read_unlock(&head->srcu, srcu_idx);
@@ -1208,6 +1209,35 @@ static ssize_t io_requeue_no_usable_path_count_store(struct device *dev,
DEVICE_ATTR_RW(io_requeue_no_usable_path_count);
+static ssize_t io_fail_no_available_path_count_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+ struct nvme_ns_head *head = disk->private_data;
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%lu\n",
+ atomic_long_read(&head->io_fail_no_available_path_count));
+}
+
+static ssize_t io_fail_no_available_path_count_store(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ int err;
+ unsigned long fail_cnt;
+ struct gendisk *disk = dev_to_disk(dev);
+ struct nvme_ns_head *head = disk->private_data;
+
+ err = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &fail_cnt);
+ if (err)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ atomic_long_set(&head->io_fail_no_available_path_count, fail_cnt);
+
+ return count;
+}
+
+DEVICE_ATTR_RW(io_fail_no_available_path_count);
+
static int nvme_lookup_ana_group_desc(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
struct nvme_ana_group_desc *desc, void *data)
{
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index 845e338449ce..9434abf2659e 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ struct nvme_ns_head {
struct delayed_work remove_work;
unsigned int delayed_removal_secs;
atomic_long_t io_requeue_no_usable_path_count;
+ atomic_long_t io_fail_no_available_path_count;
#define NVME_NSHEAD_DISK_LIVE 0
#define NVME_NSHEAD_QUEUE_IF_NO_PATH 1
struct nvme_ns __rcu *current_path[];
@@ -1069,6 +1070,7 @@ extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_numa_nodes;
extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_delayed_removal_secs;
extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_multipath_failover_count;
extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_io_requeue_no_usable_path_count;
+extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_io_fail_no_available_path_count;
extern struct device_attribute subsys_attr_iopolicy;
static inline bool nvme_disk_is_ns_head(struct gendisk *disk)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
index 9fe3a74b2bef..01d771d85f31 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/sysfs.c
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ static struct attribute *nvme_ns_diag_attrs[] = {
#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH
&dev_attr_multipath_failover_count.attr,
&dev_attr_io_requeue_no_usable_path_count.attr,
+ &dev_attr_io_fail_no_available_path_count.attr,
#endif
NULL,
};
@@ -439,6 +440,10 @@ static umode_t nvme_ns_diag_attrs_are_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
if (!nvme_disk_is_ns_head(dev_to_disk(dev)))
return 0;
}
+ if (a == &dev_attr_io_fail_no_available_path_count.attr) {
+ if (!nvme_disk_is_ns_head(dev_to_disk(dev)))
+ return 0;
+ }
#endif
return a->mode;
}
--
2.53.0
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