> -----Original Message-----
> From: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cas...@wdc.com>
> Sent: Monday, 29 June 2020 11.04
> To: Damien Le Moal <damien.lem...@wdc.com>
> Cc: Matias Bjorling <matias.bjorl...@wdc.com>; ax...@kernel.dk;
> kbu...@kernel.org; h...@lst.de; s...@grimberg.me;
> martin.peter...@oracle.com; Hans Holmberg <hans.holmb...@wdc.com>;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] block: add zone_desc_ext_bytes to sysfs
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 12:52:46AM +0000, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> > On 2020/06/29 8:01, Matias Bjorling wrote:
> > > The NVMe Zoned Namespace Command Set adds support for associating
> > > data to a zone through the Zone Descriptor Extension feature.
> > >
> > > The Zone Descriptor Extension size is fixed to a multiple of 64
> > > bytes. A value of zero communicates the feature is not available.
> > > A value larger than zero communites the feature is available, and
> > > the specified Zone Descriptor Extension size in bytes.
> > >
> > > The Zone Descriptor Extension feature is only available in the NVMe
> > > Zoned Namespaces Command Set. Devices that supports ZAC/ZBC
> > > therefore reports this value as zero, where as the NVMe device
> > > driver reports the Zone Descriptor Extension size from the specific
> > > device.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias.bjorl...@wdc.com>
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst | 6 ++++++
> > > block/blk-sysfs.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> > > drivers/nvme/host/zns.c | 1 +
> > > drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c | 1 +
> > > include/linux/blkdev.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 5 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
> > > b/Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.rst
> > > index f261a5c84170..c4fa195c87b4 100644
>
> (snip)
>
> > > static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_nomerges_entry = {
> > > .attr = {.name = "nomerges", .mode = 0644 },
> > > .show = queue_nomerges_show,
> > > @@ -787,6 +798,7 @@ static struct attribute *queue_attrs[] = {
> > > &queue_nr_zones_entry.attr,
> > > &queue_max_open_zones_entry.attr,
> > > &queue_max_active_zones_entry.attr,
> >
> > Which tree is this patch based on ? Not I have seen any patch
> > introducing max active zones.
>
> The cover letter forgot to mention this patch series' dependencies.
> I assume that it is based on the following patch series:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20200622162530.1287650-1-
> kbu...@kernel.org/
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20200616102546.491961-1-
> niklas.cas...@wdc.com/
>
Very true. Thanks, Niklas.
I'll rebase this work when the above patchsets have been picked up.
>
> Kind regards,
> Niklas
