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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c index 09466e208729..ce20b916301a 100644 --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c @@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(apst_secondary_latency_tol_us, "secondary APST latency tolerance in us"); /* + * Older kernels didn't enable protection information if it was at an offset. + * Newer kernels do, so it breaks reads on the upgrade if such formats were + * used in prior kernels since the metadata written did not contain a valid + * checksum. + */ +static bool disable_pi_offsets = false; +module_param(disable_pi_offsets, bool, 0444); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable_pi_offsets, + "disable protection information if it has an offset"); + +/* * nvme_wq - hosts nvme related works that are not reset or delete * nvme_reset_wq - hosts nvme reset works * nvme_delete_wq - hosts nvme delete works @@ -1926,8 +1937,12 @@ static void nvme_configure_metadata(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, if (head->pi_size && head->ms >= head->pi_size) head->pi_type = id->dps & NVME_NS_DPS_PI_MASK; - if (!(id->dps & NVME_NS_DPS_PI_FIRST)) - info->pi_offset = head->ms - head->pi_size; + if (!(id->dps & NVME_NS_DPS_PI_FIRST)) { + if (disable_pi_offsets) + head->pi_type = 0; + else + info->pi_offset = head->ms - head->pi_size; + } if (ctrl->ops->flags & NVME_F_FABRICS) { /* |