Public bug reported: [Impact] nvme show-regs has been found to cause certain Samsung controllers (MZ1L21T9HCLS in particular) to go offline.
[Test Case] Run `nvme show-regs` on an effected controller device. Messages similar to this will appear in dmesg: [963314.311332] nvme nvme2: controller is down; will reset: CSTS=0x3, PCI_STATUS=0x10 [963334.951328] nvme nvme2: Device not ready; aborting reset [963334.963114] nvme nvme2: Removing after probe failure status: -19 [963334.999600] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev nvme2n1, sector 1050640 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 0 [963335.023410] md: super_written gets error=10 [963335.033842] md/raid1:md0: Disk failure on nvme2n1p2, disabling device. md/raid1:md0: Operation continuing on 1 devices. [ +0.009599] XFS (md127): log I/O error -5 [ +0.015136] XFS (md127): xfs_do_force_shutdown(0x2) called from line 1250 of file fs/xfs/xfs_log.c. Return address = 00000000d0ea8129 [ +0.000001] XFS (md127): Log I/O Error Detected. Shutting down filesystem [ +0.009290] XFS (md127): Please unmount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s) [Fix] This has been fixed upstream with the following commits: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli/commit/33e60ff64a043b189d2661543b417b21b6f3667b https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli/commit/d43d545a68cc6cea5ac78fda4edeedf3b5198847 [What Could Go Wrong] ** Affects: nvme-cli (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: nvme-cli (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: nvme-cli (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: nvme-cli (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: nvme-cli (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Also affects: nvme-cli (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nvme-cli (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: nvme-cli (Ubuntu Impish) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #989840 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989840 ** Also affects: nvme-cli (Debian) via https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=989840 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1931886 Title: show-regs can cause some samsung controllers to go offline To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvme-cli/+bug/1931886/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs