Re: [PATCH v4 00/12] hw/block/nvme: metadata and end-to-end data protection support

[Klaus Jensen]

On Mar  1 15:00, Klaus Jensen wrote:
> From: Klaus Jensen <k.jensen@samsung.com>
> 
> This is v4 (RFC removed) of a series that adds support for metadata and
> end-to-end data protection.
> 
> First, on the subject of metadata, in v1, support was restricted to
> extended logical blocks, which was pretty trivial to implement, but
> required special initialization and broke DULBE. In v2, metadata is
> always stored continuously at the end of the underlying block device.
> This has the advantage of not breaking DULBE since the data blocks
> remains aligned and allows bdrv_block_status to be used to determinate
> allocation status. It comes at the expense of complicating the extended
> LBA emulation, but on the other hand it also gains support for metadata
> transfered as a separate buffer.
> 
> The end-to-end data protection support blew up in terms of required
> changes. This is due to the fact that a bunch of new commands has been
> added to the device since v1 (zone append, compare, copy), and they all
> require various special handling for protection information. If
> potential reviewers would like it split up into multiple patches, each
> adding pi support to one command, shout out.
> 
> The core of the series (metadata and eedp) is preceeded by a set of
> patches that refactors mapping (yes, again) and tries to deal with the
> qsg/iov duality mess (maybe also again?).
> 
> Support fro metadata and end-to-end data protection is all joint work
> with Gollu Appalanaidu.
> 
> v4:
>   * promoted from RFC
>   * moved most eedp additions to nvme-dif.{c,h}. (Keith)
> 
> v3:
> 
>   * added patch with Verify command
>   * added patches for multiple LBA formats and Format NVM
>   * changed NvmeSG to be a union (Keith)
> 
> Gollu Appalanaidu (1):
>   hw/block/nvme: add verify command
> 
> Klaus Jensen (9):
>   hw/block/nvme: remove redundant len member in compare context
>   hw/block/nvme: remove block accounting for write zeroes
>   hw/block/nvme: fix strerror printing
>   hw/block/nvme: try to deal with the iov/qsg duality
>   hw/block/nvme: remove the req dependency in map functions
>   hw/block/nvme: refactor nvme_dma
>   hw/block/nvme: add metadata support
>   hw/block/nvme: end-to-end data protection
>   hw/block/nvme: add non-mdts command size limit for verify
> 
> Minwoo Im (2):
>   hw/block/nvme: support multiple lba formats
>   hw/block/nvme: add support for the format nvm command
> 
>  hw/block/nvme-dif.h   |   53 ++
>  hw/block/nvme-ns.h    |   49 +-
>  hw/block/nvme.h       |   51 +-
>  include/block/nvme.h  |   34 +-
>  hw/block/nvme-dif.c   |  513 ++++++++++++++
>  hw/block/nvme-ns.c    |   90 ++-
>  hw/block/nvme.c       | 1548 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  hw/block/meson.build  |    2 +-
>  hw/block/trace-events |   25 +-
>  9 files changed, 2071 insertions(+), 294 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 hw/block/nvme-dif.h
>  create mode 100644 hw/block/nvme-dif.c
> 
> -- 
> 2.30.1
> 

Applied patches 1 through 6. I'll let the metadata and eedp patches
simmer for a few days more.

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