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nvme-ocp-set-error-injection - Inject error conditions

nvme [<global-options>] ocp set-error-injection <device>
                        [--data=<file> | -d <file>]
                        [--number=<num> | -n <num>]
                        [--no-uuid | -N]
                        [--all-ns | -a]
                        [--type=<type> | -t <type>]
                        [--nrtdp=<num> | -r <num>]

Inject error conditions.

The <device> parameter is mandatory NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0).

This will only work on OCP compliant devices supporting this feature. Results for any other device are undefined.

On success it returns 0, error code otherwise.

-d <file>, --data=<file>

Error injection data structure entries

-n <num>, --number=<num>

Number of valid error injection data entries

-N, --no-uuid

Do not try to automatically detect UUID index for this command (required for old OCP 1.0 support)

-a, --all-ns

Apply to all namespaces

-t <type>, --type=<type>

Error injection type (1-22: see NOTES section for valid types)

-r <num>, --nrtdp=<num>

Number of reads to trigger device panic

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>

Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=<version>

Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

•Has the program issue a set-error-injection with the 2 entries data file. 
# nvme ocp set-error-injection /dev/nvme0 -d data.bin -n 2
•Has the program issue a set-error-injection with the 5 reads trigger NAND hang. 
# nvme ocp set-error-injection /dev/nvme0 -t 2 -r 5
•Has the program issue a set-error-injection for all namespaces with type 1. 
# nvme ocp set-error-injection /dev/nvme0 -a -t 1

Valid error injection types: 1 - CPU/controller hang 2 - NAND hang 3 - PLP defect 4 - Logical firmware error 5 - DRAM corruption critical path 6 - DRAM corruption non-critical path 7 - NAND corruption 8 - SRAM corruption 9 - HW malfunction 10 - No more NAND spares available 11 - Incomplete shutdown 12 - Metadata corruption 13 - Critical garbage collection 14 - Latency spike 15 - I/O command failure 16 - I/O command timeout 17 - Admin command failure 18 - Admin command timeout 19 - Thermal throttle engaged 20 - Thermal throttle disengaged 21 - Critical temperature event 22 - Die offline

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09/07/2026 NVMe