Host-assisted storage device error correction

1. A system comprising:

a storage device comprising:

a processor;

a memory;

a storage interface configured to communicate with a host system;

a non-volatile storage medium configured to store host data;

an error correction code engine, stored in the memory for execution by the processor, configured to encode host data using a first error correction code configuration; and

a storage device controller, comprising the processor and the memory, configured to:

determine a residual error rate for partially-recovered host data from the error correction code engine;

determine a forward error correction threshold for the host system, wherein the forward error correction threshold is based on a second error correction code configuration; and

return, based on the residual error rate being less than the forward error correction threshold, the partially-recovered host data to the host system.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the storage device controller is further configured to:

read, responsive to returning the partially-recovered host data to the host system, forward error correction parity data from the storage medium; and

return the forward error correction parity data to the host system.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the storage device controller is further configured to:

allocate storage locations in the storage medium to a plurality of zones;

read the partially-recovered host data from a first zone of the plurality of zones; and

read the forward error correction parity data from a second zone of the plurality of zones.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the storage device controller is further configured to:

allocate the first zone of the plurality of zones to host data enabled for forward error correction; and

allocate the second zone of the plurality of zones to host data not enabled for forward error correction.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the storage device controller is further configured to:

receive, from the host system, a host data block enabled for forward error correction;

encode, using the error correction code engine and the first error correction code configuration, the host data block; and

store the encoded host data block to the storage medium.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the storage device controller is further configured to:

receive, from the host system, a forward error correction indicator corresponding to the host data block; and

determine, from the forward error correction indicator, that the host data block is enabled for forward error correction.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the storage device controller is further configured to:

receive, from the host system and separate from the host data block, forward error correction parity data for the host data block;

encode, using the error correction code engine and the first error correction code configuration, the forward error correction parity data; and

store the encoded forward error correction parity data to the storage medium.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the first error correction code configuration has a first recoverable bit error rate threshold;

the second error correction code configuration has a second recoverable bit error rate threshold that is greater than the first recoverable bit error rate threshold; and

the storage device controller is further configured to selectively return, responsive to an initial bit error rate of the partially-recovered host data being greater than the first recoverable bit error rate threshold and less than the second recoverable bit error rate threshold, the partially-recovered host data.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the storage device controller is further configured to:

generate, by decoding host data using a first recovery mode of the error correction code engine, the partially-recovered host data;

selectively initiate, responsive to the partially-recovered host data, a second recovery mode to retry error correction using the error correction code engine; and

return, without initiating the second recovery mode, the partially-recovered host data to the host system responsive to:

the partially-recovered host data being enabled for forward error correction; and

the residual error rate being less than the forward error correction threshold.

10. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

the host system comprising:

a host processor;

a host memory;

a storage interface configured to communicate with the storage device; and

a forward error correction code engine, stored in the host memory for execution by the host processor, configured to:

encode host data using the second error correction code configuration;

generate forward error correction parity data for the encoded host data;

receive the partially-recovered host data from the storage device; and

decode the partially-recovered host data using the second error code correction configuration and corresponding forward error correction parity data.

11. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

encoding, in a storage device, host data from a host system using a first error correction code configuration;

storing, in a storage medium of the storage device, the encoded host data;

reading, from the storage medium of the storage device, the encoded host data;

decoding, from the encoded host data in the storage device, partially-recovered host data using the first error correction code configuration;

determining, in the storage device, a residual error rate for the partially-recovered host data;

determining, in the storage device, a forward error correction threshold for the host system, wherein the forward error correction threshold is based on a second error correction code configuration; and

returning, based on the residual error rate being less than the forward error correction threshold, the partially-recovered host data to the host system.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

reading, responsive to returning the partially-recovered host data to the host system, forward error correction parity data from the storage medium; and

returning the forward error correction parity data to the host system.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 , further comprising:

allocating storage locations in the storage medium to a plurality of zones;

storing, by the storage device, the encoded host data to a first zone of the plurality of zones, wherein the first zone is allocated to host data enabled for forward error correction; and

storing, by the storage device, the forward error correction parity data to a second zone of the plurality of zones.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, from the host system, a host data block in the host data;

receiving, from the host system, a forward error correction indicator corresponding to the host data block; and

determining, from the forward error correction indicator, that the host data block is enabled for forward error correction.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14 , further comprising:

receiving, from the host system and separate from the host data block, forward error correction parity data for the host data block;

encoding, in the storage device and using the first error correction code configuration, the forward error correction parity data; and

storing, in the storage device, the encoded forward error correction parity data.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

selectively returning, responsive to an initial bit error rate of the partially-recovered host data being greater than a first recoverable bit error rate threshold and less than a second recoverable bit error rate threshold, the partially-recovered host data, wherein:

the first error correction code configuration has the first recoverable bit error rate threshold;

the second error correction code configuration has the second recoverable bit error rate threshold; and

the second recoverable bit error rate threshold is greater than the first recoverable bit error rate threshold.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining, by decoding host data using a first recovery mode of the storage device, the partially-recovered host data;

selectively initiating, responsive to the partially-recovered host data, a second recovery mode to retry error correction using the first error correction code configuration; and

returning, without initiating the second recovery mode, the partially-recovered host data to the host system responsive to:

the partially-recovered host data being enabled for forward error correction; and

the residual error rate being less than the forward error correction threshold.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11 , further comprising:

encoding, by the host system, host data using the second error correction code configuration, wherein encoding the host data by the storage device is re-encoding the host-encoded host data;

generating, by the host system, forward error correction parity data for the host-encoded host data;

receiving, by the host system, the partially-recovered host data from the storage device; and

decoding, by the host system, the partially-recovered host data using the second error code correction configuration and corresponding forward error correction parity data.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 , further comprising:

allocating, by the host system, a host data block in the host data to be enabled for forward error correction;

generating, by the host system, a forward error correction indicator;

associating, by the host system the forward error correction indicator with the host data block;

associating, by the host system, a corresponding forward error correction parity data block with the host data block;

sending, from the host system to the storage device, the host data block, the forward error correction indicator, and the corresponding forward error correction parity data block;

requesting, by the host system and responsive to receiving the partially-recovered host data, the corresponding forward error correction parity block from the storage device, wherein the partially-recovered host data includes partially-recovered host data from the host data block; and

receiving, by the host system, the corresponding forward error correction parity block, wherein the corresponding forward error correction parity data includes the corresponding forward error correction parity block.

20. A storage system comprising:

a storage device;

a host system;

means, in the host system, for host encoding host data using a forward error correction code configuration;

means, in the storage device, for storage device encoding the host-encoded host data using a storage device error correction code configuration;

means, in the storage device, for generating, from the storage device encoded host-encoded host data, partially-recovered host-encoded host data using the storage device error correction code configuration;

means, in the storage device, for determining a residual error rate for the partially-recovered host data;

means, in the storage device, for determining a forward error correction threshold for the host system, wherein the forward error correction threshold is based on the forward error correction code configuration;

means, in the storage device, for returning, based on the residual error rate being less than the forward error correction threshold, the partially-recovered host-encoded host data to the host system; and

means, in the host system, for decoding the partially-recovered host-encoded host data using the forward error correction code configuration.