Re: [PATCH blktests] nvme/070: add a test for Identify CNS 07h NULL pointer dereference
Guixin Liu <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 10:37:15 +0800
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在 2026/8/3 12:14, Shin'ichiro Kawasaki 写道:
> On Aug 01, 2026 / 19:31, Nilay Shroff wrote:
>> On 7/31/26 8:56 AM, Guixin Liu wrote:
>>> +test() {
>>> + echo "Running ${TEST_NAME}"
>>> +
>>> + _setup_nvmet
>>> +
>>> + _nvmet_target_setup
>>> +
>>> + _nvme_connect_subsys
>>> +
>>> + local nvmedev
>>> + nvmedev=$(_find_nvme_dev "${def_subsysnqn}")
>>> +
>>> + # CNS 07h == Active Namespace ID list for the specified I/O Command Set.
>>> + # CDW10 bits[7:0] hold the CNS; CDW11 bits[31:24] hold the CSI (0 == NVM).
>>> + # Request from NSID 0 so the enabled namespace (NSID 1) is listed, which
>>> + # is exactly the condition that used to dereference the NULL req->ns.
>>> + if ! nvme admin-passthru "/dev/${nvmedev}" --opcode=0x06 \
>>> + --namespace-id=0 --cdw10=0x07 --cdw11=0 --data-len=4096 -r \
>>> + >> "${FULL}" 2>&1; then
>>> + echo "Error: Identify CNS 07h failed"
>>> + fi
>> The nvme admin-passthru ... works but why instead not use the existing
>> "nvme list-ns /dev/<nvmedev> --csi=0 ?
> The patch looks good to me. I also confirmed that the test case recreates the
> NULL pointer dereference that the kernel patch "nvmet: fix NULL pointer
> dereference in nvmet_execute_identify_nslist()" fixes. Good.
>
> I also confirmed that "nvme list-ns /dev/<nvmedev> --csi=0" can recreate the
> NULL pointer dereference. I'm okay either way admin-passthru or list-ns. I
> would like to know Guixin's view about it.
I think nvme list-ns /dev/<nvmedev> --csi=0 is better, I will change this in v2, thanks.
Best Regards,
Guixin Liu