Re: [PATCH] nvme: reject the ns when the block size is smaller than a sector

From: Johannes Thumshirn
Date: Wed Jan 13 2021 - 11:19:37 EST


On 13/01/2021 17:07, Li Feng wrote:
> The nvme spec(1.4a, figure 248) says:
> "A value smaller than 9 (i.e., 512 bytes) is not supported."
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Feng <fengli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> index f320273fc672..1f02e6e49a05 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> @@ -2161,6 +2161,12 @@ static int nvme_update_ns_info(struct nvme_ns *ns, struct nvme_id_ns *id)
>
> blk_mq_freeze_queue(ns->disk->queue);
> ns->lba_shift = id->lbaf[lbaf].ds;
> + if (ns->lba_shift < 9) {
> + pr_warn("%s: bad lba_shift(%d)\n", ns->disk->disk_name, ns->lba_shift);
> + ret = -1;
> + goto out_unfreeze;
> + }
> +
> nvme_set_queue_limits(ns->ctrl, ns->queue);
>
> if (ns->head->ids.csi == NVME_CSI_ZNS) {
>


But this only catches a physical block size < 512 for NVMe, not any other block device.

Please fix it for the general case in blk_queue_physical_block_size().

Thanks,
Johannes