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.

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