linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] usb: host: Implement workaround for Erratum A-009611

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Date:   Fri, 08 Dec 2017 12:44:11 +0200
From:   Felipe Balbi <felipe.balbi@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, yinbo.zhu@....com
Cc:     Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@...el.com>,
        "open list\:DESIGNWARE USB3 DRD IP DRIVER" 
        <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list\:DESIGNWARE USB3 DRD IP DRIVER" 
        <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, xiaobo.xie@....com,
        jerry.huang@....com, ran.wang_1@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usb: host: Implement workaround for Erratum A-009611


Hi,

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 05:49:41PM +0800, yinbo.zhu@....com wrote:
>> From: "yinbo.zhu" <yinbo.zhu@....com>
>> 
>> Description: This is a occasional problem where the software
>
> No need for a "Description:" word.  That's just assumed here, right?
>
>> issues an End Transfer command while a USB transfer is in progress,
>> resulting in the TxFIFO  being flushed when the lower layer is waiting
>> for data,causing the super speed (SS) transmit to get blocked.
>> If the End Transfer command is issued on an IN endpoint to
>> flush out the pending transfers when the same IN endpoint
>> is doing transfers on the USB, then depending upon the timing
>> of the End Transfer (and the resulting internal FIFO flush),the
>> lower layer (U3PTL/U3MAC) could get stuck waiting for data
>> indefinitely. This blocks the transmission path on the SS, and no
>> DP/ACK/ERDY/DEVNOTIF packets can be sent from the device.
>> Impact: If this issue happens and the transmission gets blocked,
>> then the USB host aborts and resets/re-enumerates the device.
>> This unblocks the transmitt engine and the device functions normally.
>> 
>> Workaround: Software must wait for all existing TRBs to complete before
>> issuing End transfer command.
>> 
>> Configs Affected:
>> LS1088-48A-R1.0, LS2081A-R1.1, LS2088-48A-R1.0, LS2088-48A-R1.1,
>> LX2160-2120-2080A-R1.
>
> What are these Configs?  That doesn't seem to match up with anything
> that is in the kernel tree that I can see.
>
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: yinbo.zhu <yinbo.zhu@....com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c      |  3 +++
>>  drivers/usb/dwc3/core.h      |  3 +++
>>  drivers/usb/dwc3/host.c      |  3 +++
>>  drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c |  4 ++++
>>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c      | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
>>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.h      |  1 +
>>  6 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
>> index 5cb3f6795b0b..071e7cea8cbb 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/core.c
>> @@ -1106,6 +1106,9 @@ static void dwc3_get_properties(struct dwc3 *dwc)
>>  
>>  	dwc->quirk_reverse_in_out = device_property_read_bool(dev,
>>  				"snps,quirk_reverse_in_out");

This was generated on vendor tree. This quirk doesn't exist in
dwc3. Also, update your tree and review MAINTAINERS file. It has been
almost 2 years since I left TI :-)

-- 
balbi

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