Re: [PATCH blktests 0/2] Test multipath and marginal ports

Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.infradead.lists.linux-nvme
Message-ID <an75bRJc8J6NexeH@shinmob>
Hi Jesse, thanks for the patches.

On Aug 12, 2026 / 13:45, Jesse Taube wrote:
> Tests for the upcoming nvme-fc: FPIN link integrity handling set.

I assume that above refers to this kernel patch series.

  https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/[email protected]/

I applied the series on top of v7.2-rc7 kernel. Then I ran the test case added
by this blktests series and observed the failurea below:

nvme/070 (tr=fc) (test nvme-fc marginal path handling)       [failed]
    runtime  33.581s  ...  33.028s
    --- tests/nvme/070.out	2026-08-14 12:03:21.338000000 +0900
    +++ /home/shin/Blktests/blktests/results/nodev_tr_fc/nvme/070.out.bad	2026-08-14 20:17:04.731000000 +0900
    @@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
     Starting background I/O
     Testing iopolicy: numa
     Changing FC links to online
    -Set all online: pass
    +No FC ports are being used, expected atleast one in use when all are online in numa mode.
    +Set all online: fail
     One host marginal: pass
    ...
    (Run 'diff -u tests/nvme/070.out /home/shin/Blktests/blktests/results/nodev_tr_fc/nvme/070.out.bad' to see the entire diff)

Is this failure expected?

I will comment on each patch in line.
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