linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: bios with an offset are always gappy

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Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 20:11:40 +0800
From:   Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Omar Sandoval <osandov@...ndov.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Linux Block Layer Mailinglist <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: bios with an offset are always gappy

On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 01:53:28PM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 06:02:21PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 10:06:29AM +0200, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> > > Doing a mkfs.btrfs on a (qemu emulated) PCIe NVMe causes a kernel panic
> > > in nvme_setup_prps() because the dma_len will drop below zero but the
> > > length not.
> > 
> > Looks I can't reproduce the issue in QEMU(32G nvme, either partitioned
> > or not, just use 'mkfs.btrfs /dev/nvme0n1p1'), could you share the exact
> > mkfs command line and size of your emulated NVMe?
> 
> the exact cmdline is mkfs.btrfs -f /dev/nvme0n1p1 (-f because there was a
> existing btrfs on the image). The image is 17179869184 (a.k.a 16G) bytes.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Could you try the following patch to see if it fixes your issue?
> 
> It's back to the old, erratic behaviour, see log below.

Ok, could you apply the attached debug patch and collect the
ftrace log? (ftrace_dump_on_oops need to be passed to kernel cmd line).


Thanks,
Ming


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