[dm-devel] [PATCH v3] virtio_blk: add VIRTIO_BLK_F_LIFETIME feature support

[Bart Van Assche]

On 12/5/22 08:20, Alvaro Karsz wrote:
> +/* Get lifetime information struct for each request */
> +struct virtio_blk_lifetime {
> +	/*
> +	 * specifies the percentage of reserved blocks that are consumed.
> +	 * optional values following virtio spec:
> +	 * 0 - undefined
> +	 * 1 - normal, < 80% of reserved blocks are consumed
> +	 * 2 - warning, 80% of reserved blocks are consumed
> +	 * 3 - urgent, 90% of reserved blocks are consumed
> +	 */
> +	__le16 pre_eol_info;
> +	/*
> +	 * this field refers to wear of SLC cells and is provided in increments of 10used,
> +	 * and so on, thru to 11 meaning estimated lifetime exceeded. All values above 11
> +	 * are reserved
> +	 */
> +	__le16 device_lifetime_est_typ_a;
> +	/*
> +	 * this field refers to wear of MLC cells and is provided with the same semantics as
> +	 * device_lifetime_est_typ_a
> +	 */
> +	__le16 device_lifetime_est_typ_b;
> +};

Why does the above data structure only refer to SLC and MLC but not to
TLC or QLC?

How will this data structure be extended without having to introduce a
new ioctl?

Thanks,

Bart.