Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: limit get chunk meta request size

From: Javier Gonzalez
Date: Tue Jul 03 2018 - 15:10:53 EST


> On 2 Jul 2018, at 10.02, Matias BjÃrling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> For devices that does not specify a limit on its transfer size, the
> get_chk_meta command may send down a single I/O retrieving the full
> chunk metadata table. Resulting in large 2-4MB I/O requests. Instead,
> split up the I/Os to a maximum of 256KB and issue them separately to
> reduce memory requirements.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matias BjÃrling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
> index b9989717418d..3b644b0e9713 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/lightnvm.c
> @@ -583,7 +583,13 @@ static int nvme_nvm_get_chk_meta(struct nvm_dev *ndev,
> struct ppa_addr ppa;
> size_t left = nchks * sizeof(struct nvme_nvm_chk_meta);
> size_t log_pos, offset, len;
> - int ret, i;
> + int ret, i, max_len;
> +
> + /*
> + * limit requests to maximum 256K to avoid issuing arbitrary large
> + * requests when the device does not specific a maximum transfer size.
> + */
> + max_len = min_t(unsigned int, ctrl->max_hw_sectors << 9, 256 * 1024);
>
> /* Normalize lba address space to obtain log offset */
> ppa.ppa = slba;
> @@ -596,7 +602,7 @@ static int nvme_nvm_get_chk_meta(struct nvm_dev *ndev,
> offset = log_pos * sizeof(struct nvme_nvm_chk_meta);
>
> while (left) {
> - len = min_t(unsigned int, left, ctrl->max_hw_sectors << 9);
> + len = min_t(unsigned int, left, max_len);
>
> ret = nvme_get_log_ext(ctrl, ns, NVME_NVM_LOG_REPORT_CHUNK,
> dev_meta, len, offset);
> --
> 2.11.0

Is this a v2? I remember seeing this patch being posted before [1]. It
still looks good to me :)


[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/12/466


Reviewed-by: Javier GonzÃlez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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