linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme: determine the number of IO queues

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Date:   Thu, 18 Apr 2019 22:21:03 +0800
From:   Aaron Ma <aaron.ma@...onical.com>
To:     Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
Cc:     Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, keith.busch@...el.com, axboe@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: determine the number of IO queues



On 4/18/19 9:48 PM, Keith Busch wrote:
> It does change the default behavior. If I have a degraded controller that
> can't do IO in a machine with 1000's of CPUs, I have to iterate this
> non-standard behavior 1000's of times before the drive is servicable
> again. We currenlty figure that out in just a single try.
> 
> At least the quirks document *why* the driver is doing non-standard
> behavior. We do the IO queue quirks for Macbooks, for example.
> 
> But why don't you file a bug report with the device vendor instead? Surely
> a firmware fix provides the best possible outcome, and would make this
> device work not only in all versions of Linux, but also every standard
> compliant driver for any OS.

I will do it, no v2 for now.

Thanks,
Aaron