[smartmontools-support] nvme drive partial support

Wed Nov 11 15:42:21 CET 2020

> This is errno = EINTR, which may mean command timeout.
> 
> Please retry above command with '-r ioctl' option. It should print
> command duration.

```
$ sudo LANG= /usr/sbin/smartctl -l error /dev/nvme0n1 -r ioctl
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.9.3-1-MANJARO] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

 [NVMe call: opcode=0x06, size=0x1000, nsid=0x00000000, cdw10=0x00000001]
  [Duration: 0.001s]
 [NVMe call succeeded: result=0x00000000]
=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
 [NVMe call: opcode=0x02, size=0x3fc0, nsid=0xffffffff, cdw10=0x0fef0001]
  [Duration: 122.235s]
 [NVMe call failed: NVME_IOCTL_ADMIN_CMD: Interrupted system call]
Read Error Information Log failed: NVME_IOCTL_ADMIN_CMD: Interrupted
system call
```

> Retry with '--log-id=1' and '--log-len=1024' which is the default len
> for 'smartctl -l error'.

```
$ sudo nvme get-log /dev/nvme0 --log-id=1 --log-len=1024
Device:nvme0 log-id:1 namespace-id:0xffffffff
       0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
0000: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0030: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0060: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0090: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
00a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
00b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
00c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
00d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
00e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
00f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0120: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0150: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
01a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
01b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
01c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
01d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
01e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
01f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0210: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0220: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0230: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0240: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0250: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0260: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0270: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0280: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0290: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
02a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
02b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
02c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
02d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
02e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
02f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0300: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0310: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0320: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0330: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0340: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0350: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0360: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0370: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0380: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
0390: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
03a0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
03b0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
03c0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
03d0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
03e0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
03f0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "................"
```

Hope this helps.

Kwon-Young Choi

On 11/11/2020 14:50, Christian Franke wrote:
> Kwon-Young Choi wrote:
>>> Please retry smartctl command with unset locale to see the English error
>>> message:
>>> LANG= /usr/sbin/smartctl -l error /dev/nvme0n1
>> Here is the output of `LANG= /usr/sbin/smartctl -l error /dev/nvme0n1`:
>>
>> ```
>> $ sudo LANG= /usr/sbin/smartctl -l error /dev/nvme0n1
>> smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.9.3-1-MANJARO] (local
>> build)
>> Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,
>> www.smartmontools.org
>>
>> === START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
>> Read Error Information Log failed: NVME_IOCTL_ADMIN_CMD: Interrupted
>> system call
>> ```
> 
> This is errno = EINTR, which may mean command timeout.
> 
> Please retry above command with '-r ioctl' option. It should print
> command duration.
> 
> 
>>> Do other tools read the error log properly, for example "nvme get-log
>>> ..." from nvme-cli package ?
>> `nvme get-log` can read the error log with no problem, I think:
>>
>> ```
>> $ sudo nvme get-log /dev/nvme0 --log-id=2 --log-len=512
> 
> Possibly not, as '--log-id=2' selects SMART/Health Log :-)
> 
> Retry with '--log-id=1' and '--log-len=1024' which is the default len
> for 'smartctl -l error'.
> If this does not work, retry with '--log-len=64' or other multiples of 64.
> If this does not work, add '--namespace-id=0' or '--namespace-id=1'.
> 
> Thanks,
> Christian
> 