linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] usb: xhci: Handle USB transaction error on address command

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:31:34 +0300
From:   Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        zhengjun.xing@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/5] usb: xhci: Handle USB transaction error on address
 command

On 16.08.2017 05:15, Lu Baolu wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 08/15/2017 07:30 PM, Mathias Nyman wrote:
>> On 11.08.2017 05:41, Lu Baolu wrote:
>>> Xhci driver handles USB transaction errors on transfer events,
>>> but transaction errors are possible on address device command
>>> completion events as well.
>>>
>>> The xHCI specification (section 4.6.5) says: A USB Transaction
>>> Error Completion Code for an Address Device Command may be due
>>> to a Stall response from a device. Software should issue a Disable
>>> Slot Command for the Device Slot then an Enable Slot Command to
>>> recover from this error.
>>>
>>> This patch handles USB transaction errors on address command
>>> completion events. The related discussion threads can be found
>>> through below links.
>>>
>>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=149362010728921&w=2
>>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=149252752825755&w=2
>>>
>>> Suggested-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...ux.intel.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Lu Baolu <baolu.lu@...ux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>    drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 5 +++++
>>>    1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>>> index d6b728d..95780f8 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
>>> @@ -3822,6 +3822,11 @@ static int xhci_setup_device(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct usb_device *udev,
>>>            break;
>>>        case COMP_USB_TRANSACTION_ERROR:
>>>            dev_warn(&udev->dev, "Device not responding to setup %s.\n", act);
>>> +
>>> +        ret = xhci_disable_slot(xhci, udev->slot_id);
>>> +        if (!ret)
>>> +            xhci_alloc_dev(hcd, udev);
>>
>> Might be a xhci->mutex locking issue here,
>> both xhci_setup_device() and xhci_alloc_dev() take xhci->mutex
>>
>
> I will apply xhci->mutex in this patch for code consistency, but I think
> we can drop xhci->mutex (in a separated patch) anyway.
>
> xhci->mutex was introduced to protect two race sources of xhci->slot_id
> and xhci->addr_dev by below commit:
>
> commit a00918d0521df1c7a2ec9143142a3ea998c8526d
>      usb: host: xhci: add mutex for non-thread-safe data
>
>
> c2d3d49 usb: xhci: move slot_id from xhci_hcd to xhci_command structure
> 87e44f2 usb: xhci: remove the use of xhci->addr_dev
>
> So we don't need xhci->mutex any more. I will try to do this in a separated
> patch with more tests. For now, I will add xhci->mutex for code consistency.

Fixing xhci->mutex sounds like a good idea, and you are right, it's no longer
needed for slot_id or addr_dev.
But it's use was extended to protect xhci_stop() and xhci_setup_device()
from racing at fast xhci host hotplug/removes in this patch.

commit 85ac90f8953a58f6a057b727bc9db97721e3fb8e
Author: Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>
Date:   Mon Sep 21 17:46:12 2015 +0300

     usb: xhci: lock mutex on xhci_stop
  
     Else it races with xhci_setup_device

But I think it's safe to remove xhci->mutex  from xhci_alloc_dev()

There's no huurry with the patch 5/5 so would be nice to get that mutex
cleaned up before.

Thanks
Mathias