linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmet: fix nvmet_execute_write

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Date:   Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:24:39 -0600
From:   Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
To:     "Rodrigo R. Galvao" <rosattig@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     hch@....de, sagi@...mberg.me, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmet: fix nvmet_execute_write_zeroes function

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 06:18:50PM -0300, Rodrigo R. Galvao wrote:
> When trying to issue write_zeroes command against TARGET the nr_sector is
> being incremented by 1, which ends up hitting the following condition at
> __blkdev_issue_zeroout:
> 
>      if ((sector | nr_sects) & bs_mask)
>                 return -EINVAL;
> 
> Causing the command to always fail. Removing the increment makes the
> command to work properly.

Doesn't that mean your host is using this command wrong? The NLB is a
0's based value, we're supposed to +1 to get the correct block count.