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Sujith Pandel (sujithpandel) wrote : Unable to modify/create-namespace over NVDIMM-N

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup a Dell EMC 14G server R740xd server with NVDIMM-N, update BIOS & NVDIMM firmware to latest available to customers.
2. Install and boot to Ubuntu 18.04
3. Notice that no pmems are enumerated.
4. Try #ndctl create-namespace -> Failure with device or resource busy.

Actual results:
No pmems are enumerated, cannot create namespaces.
If pmems are already present, then cannot modify the namespaces.

Expected results:
namespace creation should be possible

Additional Info:
* Seen with upstream linux-4.20.2 also.

* Upstream bug report -
https://github.com/pmem/ndctl/issues/78

* Upstream kernel patch:
https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2019-January/019435.html

Request you to incorporate it in bionic and xenial kernels.