linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] usb: ohci: Prevent missed ohci interrupts

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Message-ID: <a1b4bac14c6a4334969cc7d671f3a8eb@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 21:00:48 +0000
From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To: 'Guenter Roeck' <linux@...ck-us.net>, Alan Stern
	<stern@...land.harvard.edu>
CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-usb@...r.kernel.org" <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Gerd Hoffmann
	<kraxel@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] usb: ohci: Prevent missed ohci interrupts

From: Guenter Roeck
> Sent: 24 April 2024 21:00
> 
> Testing ohci functionality with qemu's pci-ohci emulation often results
> in ohci interface stalls, resulting in hung task timeouts.
> 
> The problem is caused by lost interrupts between the emulation and the
> Linux kernel code. Additional interrupts raised while the ohci interrupt
> handler in Linux is running and before the handler clears the interrupt
> status are not handled. The fix for a similar problem in ehci suggests
> that the problem is likely caused by edge-triggered MSI interrupts. See
> commit 0b60557230ad ("usb: ehci: Prevent missed ehci interrupts with
> edge-triggered MSI") for details.
> 
> Ensure that the ohci interrupt code handles all pending interrupts before
> returning to solve the problem.
> 
> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
> Fixes: 306c54d0edb6 ("usb: hcd: Try MSI interrupts on PCI devices")
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---
> v2: Only repeat if the interface is still active
> 
>  drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
> index 4f9982ecfb58..bb6b50b4a356 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
> @@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ static irqreturn_t ohci_irq (struct usb_hcd *hcd)
>  	/* Check for an all 1's result which is a typical consequence
>  	 * of dead, unclocked, or unplugged (CardBus...) devices
>  	 */
> +again:
>  	if (ints == ~(u32)0) {
>  		ohci->rh_state = OHCI_RH_HALTED;
>  		ohci_dbg (ohci, "device removed!\n");
> @@ -982,6 +983,13 @@ static irqreturn_t ohci_irq (struct usb_hcd *hcd)
>  	}
>  	spin_unlock(&ohci->lock);
> 
> +	/* repeat until all enabled interrupts are handled */
> +	if (ohci->rh_state != OHCI_RH_HALTED) {
> +		ints = ohci_readl(ohci, &regs->intrstatus);
> +		if (ints & ohci_readl(ohci, &regs->intrenable))

Doesn't the driver know which interrupts are enabled?
So it should be able to avoid doing two (likely) slow io reads?
(PCIe reads are pretty much guaranteed to be high latency.)

	David

> +			goto again;
> +	}
> +
>  	return IRQ_HANDLED;
>  }
> 
> --
> 2.39.2
> 

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