Re: USB-C device hotplug issue

From: Mathias Nyman
Date: Fri Nov 09 2018 - 08:43:44 EST


On 07.11.2018 11:08, Dennis Wassenberg wrote:

On 05.11.18 16:35, Mathias Nyman wrote:
On 26.10.2018 17:07, Alan Stern wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Dennis Wassenberg wrote:

--- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
@@ -2815,7 +2815,9 @@ static int hub_port_reset(struct usb_hub *hub, int port1,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ USB_PORT_FEAT_C_BH_PORT_RESET);
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ usb_clear_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ USB_PORT_FEAT_C_PORT_LINK_STATE);
-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ usb_clear_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1,
+
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!warm)
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ usb_clear_port_feature(hub->hdev, port1,
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ USB_PORT_FEAT_C_CONNECTION);
 Â /*

The key fact is that connection events can get lost if they happen to
occur during a port reset.
Yes.

I'm not entirely certain of the logic here, but it looks like the
correct test to add should be "if (udev != NULL)", not "if (!warm)".
Perhaps Mathias can confirm this

Sorry about the late response, got distracted while performing git
archeology.

"if (udev != NULL)" would seem more reasonable.

Logs show that clearing the FEAT_C_CONNECTION was originally added
after a hot reset failed, and before issuing a warm reset to a SS.Inactive
link. (see 10d674a USB: When hot reset for USB3 fails, try warm reset.)

Apparently all the change flags needed to be cleared for some specific
host + device combination before issuing a warm reset for the enumeration
to work properly.

The change to always clear FEAT_C_CONNECTION for USB3 was done later in patch:
a24a607 USB: Rip out recursive call on warm port reset.

Motivation was:

"In hub_port_finish_reset, unconditionally clear the connect status
Âchange (CSC) bit for USB 3.0 hubs when the port reset is done. If we
Âhad to issue multiple warm resets for a device, that bit may have been
Âset if the device went into SS.Inactive and then was successfully warm
Âreset."

I don't know if clearing the USB_PORT_FEAT_C_CONNECTION bit is
correct in case of a non warm reset. In my case I always observed a
warm reset because of the link state change.
Thats why I checked the warm variable to not change the behavoir for
cases a didn't checked for the first shot.

(The syntax of that last sentence is pretty mangled; I can't understand
it.)

Think of it this way:

ÂÂÂÂIf a device was not attached before the reset, we don't want
ÂÂÂÂto clear the connect-change status because then we wouldn't
ÂÂÂÂrecognize a device that was plugged in during the reset.

ÂÂÂÂIf a device was attached before the reset, we don't want any
ÂÂÂÂconnect-change status which might be provoked by the reset to
ÂÂÂÂlast, because we don't want the core to think that the device
ÂÂÂÂwas unplugged and replugged when all that happened was a reset.

So the important criterion is whether or not a device was attached to
the port when the reset started. It's something of a coincidence that
you only observe warm resets when there's nothing attached.

During the first run of usb_hub_reset the udev is NULL because in
this situation the device is not attached logically.

[Â 112.889810] usb 4-1-port1: XXX: port_event: portstatus: 0x2c0, portchange: 0x40!
[Â 113.201192] usb 4-1-port1: XXX: hub_port_reset: udev:ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ (nil)!
[Â 113.201198] usb 4-1-port1: XXX: hub_port_reset (not clearing USB_PORT_FEAT_C_CONNECTION): 0x203, portchange: 0x1!
[Â 113.253612] usb 4-1-port1: XXX: port_event: portstatus: 0x203, portchange: 0x1!
[Â 113.377208] usb 4-1-port1: XXX: hub_port_reset: udev: ffff88046b302800!
[Â 113.377214] usb 4-1-port1: XXX: hub_port_reset (not clearing USB_PORT_FEAT_C_CONNECTION): 0x203, portchange: 0x0!
[Â 113.429478] usb 4-1.1: new SuperSpeed USB device number 7 using xhci_hcd
[Â 113.442370] usb 4-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0781, idProduct=5596
[Â 113.442376] usb 4-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[Â 113.442381] usb 4-1.1: Product: Ultra T C
[Â 113.442385] usb 4-1.1: Manufacturer: SanDisk
[Â 113.442388] usb 4-1.1: SerialNumber: 4C530001131013121031

Or maybe we can skip clearing the USB_PORT_FEAT_C_CONNECTION bit in
case of hub_port_reset completely without any other check?

See above.

Checking for udev sounds reasonable to me.
Not sure if we should worry about the specific host+device combo that needed flags
cleared before warm reset. See patch:

10d674a USB: When hot reset for USB3 fails, try warm reset.
https://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=131603549603799&w=2

-Mathias
Checking for udev works well too in my case. So there is no need to check the warm flag.

Regarding the other point about the specific host+device combo which needs the flags cleared, I don't know how to proceed.


I support just adding a udev check patch, want to send one?

Current hub port reset code is wrong, causing real life issues today.

The issue with the specific host+device is from 2011,
The port reset code has changed completely since then.
If it turns out to still be a issue we can make a host/device specific quirk.

-Mathias