[PATCH v2 3/3] nvme: prevent ioq creation for discovery controllers

From: Kamaljit Singh
Date: Tue Jul 01 2025 - 20:59:22 EST


Prevent ioq creation for discovery-controllers as the spec prohibits
them, similarly to the administrative controllers.

Reference: NVMe Base rev 2.2, sec 3.1.3.4, fig 28.

Signed-off-by: Kamaljit Singh <kamaljit.singh1@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c310634e75f3..3ad3b1da8b34 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -3155,12 +3155,12 @@ static inline bool nvme_admin_ctrl(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
}

/*
- * An admin controller has one admin queue, but no I/O queues.
+ * An admin or discovery controller has one admin queue, but no I/O queues.
* Override queue_count so it only creates an admin queue.
*/
void nvme_override_prohibited_io_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
{
- if (nvme_admin_ctrl(ctrl))
+ if (nvme_admin_ctrl(ctrl) || nvme_discovery_ctrl(ctrl))
ctrl->queue_count = 1;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_override_prohibited_io_queues);
--
2.43.0