linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme: Add 48-bit DMA address quirk

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Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 12:12:31 +0100
From:   Filippo Sironi <sironi@...zon.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
CC:     <serebrin@...zon.com>, <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>, <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        <axboe@...com>, <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme: Add 48-bit DMA address quirk

On 2/3/21 10:51 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 10:43:38AM +0100, Filippo Sironi wrote:
>> Certain NVMe controllers don't support 64-bit DMA addresses.  Instead,
>> they are limited to 48-bit DMA addresses.  Let's add a quirk to use them
>> properly.
> 
> WTF?  This is such a grave NVMe spec compiance bug that I do not think
> we should support this buggy mess in Linux.
> 

I don't disagree on the first part of your sentence, this is a big 
oversight.

On the other hand, those controllers are out there and are in use by a 
lot of customers.  We can keep relying on luck, hoping that customers 
don't run into troubles or we can merge a few lines of code :)

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