hw/nvme: bug fixes and doc update

[PATCH 0/3] hw/nvme: bug fixes and doc update

Posted by Ankit Kumar 9 months, 2 weeks ago

This series fixes two bugs
1. CRC64 generation when metadata buffer is used.
2. Protection information disable check for Type 3 protection.

This series also updates the documentaion for pi (protection information),
and adds missing pif (protection information format) entry.

Ankit Kumar (3):
  hw/nvme: fix CRC64 for guard tag
  hw/nvme: fix disable pi checks for Type 3 protection
  docs: update hw/nvme documentation for protection information

 docs/system/devices/nvme.rst | 10 +++++++---
 hw/nvme/dif.c                |  9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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2.25.1

Re: [PATCH 0/3] hw/nvme: bug fixes and doc update

Posted by Michael Tokarev 9 months, 2 weeks ago

08.08.2023 00:27, Ankit Kumar wrote:
> This series fixes two bugs
> 1. CRC64 generation when metadata buffer is used.
> 2. Protection information disable check for Type 3 protection.
> 
> This series also updates the documentaion for pi (protection information),
> and adds missing pif (protection information format) entry.
> 
> Ankit Kumar (3):
>    hw/nvme: fix CRC64 for guard tag
>    hw/nvme: fix disable pi checks for Type 3 protection
>    docs: update hw/nvme documentation for protection information

At least the CRC64 change smells like a -stable material, - the bug
is present in, for example, qemu-7.2 too. But I don't know how important
it is to keep nvme updated in 8.0 or before, and what the outcome of this
bug is, to begin with. Somehow I think nvme was in preliminary shape
before 8.0.

Are the other changes also relevant for -stable?

Please keep Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org for anything you think is worth
to have in previous/stable releases.

Thanks,

/mjt

Re: [PATCH 0/3] hw/nvme: bug fixes and doc update

Posted by Klaus Jensen 9 months, 2 weeks ago

On Aug  8 09:04, Michael Tokarev wrote:
> 08.08.2023 00:27, Ankit Kumar wrote:
> > This series fixes two bugs
> > 1. CRC64 generation when metadata buffer is used.
> > 2. Protection information disable check for Type 3 protection.
> > 
> > This series also updates the documentaion for pi (protection information),
> > and adds missing pif (protection information format) entry.
> > 
> > Ankit Kumar (3):
> >    hw/nvme: fix CRC64 for guard tag
> >    hw/nvme: fix disable pi checks for Type 3 protection
> >    docs: update hw/nvme documentation for protection information
> 
> At least the CRC64 change smells like a -stable material, - the bug
> is present in, for example, qemu-7.2 too. But I don't know how important
> it is to keep nvme updated in 8.0 or before, and what the outcome of this
> bug is, to begin with. Somehow I think nvme was in preliminary shape
> before 8.0.
> 
> Are the other changes also relevant for -stable?
> 
> Please keep Cc: qemu-stable@nongnu.org for anything you think is worth
> to have in previous/stable releases.
> 

Hi Michael,

Yes, this is stable worthy.

I'll add Cc: stable and fixes tags on relevant patches on the pull.

Thanks for the heads up!