linux-kernel - Re: Flood of logitech-hidpp-device messages in v6.7

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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 15:18:05 +0100
From: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, Filipe Laíns <lains@...eup.net>, 
	Bastien Nocera <hadess@...ess.net>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: Flood of logitech-hidpp-device messages in v6.7

On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 12:58 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Oleksandr,
>
> On 1/9/24 12:45, Oleksandr Natalenko wrote:
> > Hello Hans et al.
> >
> > Starting from v6.7 release I get the following messages repeating in `dmesg` regularly:
> >
> > ```
> > Jan 09 10:05:06 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 10:07:15 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 10:16:51 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 10:16:55 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 10:16:55 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 10:36:31 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 10:37:07 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 10:46:21 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 10:48:23 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 11:12:27 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 11:12:47 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 11:12:47 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 11:38:32 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 11:43:32 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 11:45:10 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 11:45:11 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 11:45:11 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:408A.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > Jan 09 12:31:48 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: Disconnected
> > Jan 09 12:33:21 spock kernel: logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:4051.0006: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
> > ```
> >
> > I've got the following hardware:
> >
> > * Bus 006 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
> > * Logitech MX Keys
> > * Logitech M510v2
> >
> > With v6.6 I do not get those messages.
> >
> > I think this is related to 680ee411a98e ("HID: logitech-hidpp: Fix connect event race").
> >
> > My speculation is that some of the devices enter powersaving state after being idle for some time (5 mins?), and then wake up and reconnect once I touch either keyboard or mouse. I should highlight that everything works just fine, it is the flood of messages that worries me.
> >
> > Is it expected?
>
> Yes this is expected, looking at your logs I see about 10 messages per
> hour which IMHO is not that bad.
>
> I guess we could change things to track we have logged the connect
> message once and if yes then log future connect messages (and all
> disconnect messages) at debug level.


Sounds reasonable to me.

Cheers,
Benjamin


>
>
> Jiri, Benjamin, do you have any opinion on this ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
>
>