linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] nvme: add admin controller support. prohibit ioq creation for admin & disco ctrlrs

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Message-ID: <Z-ueG-wTibsSu5lK@ryzen>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2025 10:04:43 +0200
From: Niklas Cassel <cassel@...nel.org>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
Cc: Kamaljit Singh <kamaljit.singh1@....com>, axboe@...nel.dk, hch@....de,
	sagi@...mberg.me, linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, niklas.cassel@....com,
	damien.lemoal@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] nvme: add admin controller support. prohibit ioq
 creation for admin & disco ctrlrs

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 09:03:11AM -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 02:36:40PM -0700, Kamaljit Singh wrote:
> > -static inline bool nvme_discovery_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> > -{
> > -	return ctrl->opts && ctrl->opts->discovery_nqn;
> > -}
> > -
> 
> I suppose it's fine to rename this function with an nvmf_ prefix, but
> it's not really related to the rest of the patch and makes the diff
> larger than necessary.
> 
> > +	/* An admin or discovery controller has one admin queue, but no I/O queues */
> > +	if (nvme_admin_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl) || nvmf_discovery_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl)) {
> > +		ctrl->ctrl.queue_count = 1;
> > +	} else if (ctrl->ctrl.queue_count < 2) {
> > +		/* I/O controller with no I/O queues is not allowed */
> > +		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +		dev_err(ctrl->ctrl.device,
> > +			"I/O controller doesn't allow zero I/O queues!\n");
> > +		goto destroy_admin;
> > +	}
> 
> The queue_count comes from the user. If the user provides a bad value
> for an IO controller, you're erroring. If they provide a bad value for a
> discovery or admin controller, you override the value. Why the different
> behavior?
> 

Good question.

My initial proposal was simply to override the user provided value
to 1 (admin queue only) in case of admin (or discovery) controller.

The check for queue_count < 2 should be in a separate patch, if we
want that check at all. But to be honest, the code did previously
allow an I/O controller with just the admin queue and no I/O queues.
Thus, without a commit message explaining clearly why we should start
to disallow an I/O controller with just the admin queue, I think that
additional check is wrong.


Kind regards,
Niklas