linux-kernel - Re: kworker/0:3+pm hogging CPU

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Message-ID: <20200720200243.GA1244989@rowland.harvard.edu>
Date:   Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:02:43 -0400
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Subject: Re: kworker/0:3+pm hogging CPU

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 08:16:05PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 20-07-20 13:48:12, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 07:45:30PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > On Mon 20-07-20 13:38:07, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 06:33:55PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > On Mon 20-07-20 11:12:55, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > > 	sudo echo 'module usbcore =p' >/debug/dynamic_debug/control
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Then wait long enough for some interesting messages to appear in the 
> > > > > > kernel log (it should only take a few seconds if the worker thread is as 
> > > > > > busy as you say) and collect the output from the dmesg command.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > To turn dynamic debugging back off when you're finished, use the same 
> > > > > > command with "=p" changed to "-p".
> > > > > 
> > > > > [   95.395815] hub 2-0:1.0: state 7 ports 6 chg 0006 evt 0000
> > > > > [   95.395824] usb usb2-port1: status 0088, change 0000, 5.0 Gb/s
> > > > > [   95.395838] usb usb2-port2: status 0088, change 0000, 5.0 Gb/s
> > > > > [   95.396016] hub 2-0:1.0: hub_suspend
> > > > > [   95.396023] usb usb2: bus auto-suspend, wakeup 1
> > > > > [   95.396029] usb usb2: bus suspend fail, err -16
> > > > 
> > > > Okay, that's the problem.  You may get more specific information about 
> > > > the suspend failure if you turn on dynamic debugging for the xhci-hcd 
> > > > module (same command as above but with xhci-hcd instead of usbcore).
> > > 
> > > Would that help to pinpoint the problem down?
> > 
> > It might.  I can't say for sure without seeing the output.
> 
> echo 'module xhci-hcd =p' >/sys/kernel/debug/dynamic_debug/control
> 
> doesn't yield to any output. I have tried both with and without usbcore
> debug output enabled. In the former there is no new output and for the
> later I get the same I have posted earlier.

Sorry, my mistake.  The module name needs to be "xhci_hcd" with an '_' 
character, not a '-' character -- the same as what shows up in the lsmod 
output.

You could also try collect a usbmon trace from the .../2u file.  It does 
seem that bus 2 is where the problem occurs.

Alan Stern