Re: [PATCH 2/2] xhci: check for a pending command completion during command timeout

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Date: Fri May 22 2026 - 06:44:43 EST


On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 11:35:47AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> Dear Greg,
>
>
> Am 22.05.26 um 11:23 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 10:58:27AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > > From: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > It's possible a command times out even if xHC hardware already completed
> > > the command. Driver is unaware of the command completion if interrupt
> > > handler is blocked for a long time.
> > >
> > > Check if there is an unhandled command completion on the event ring during
> > > command timeout.
> > >
> > > In this case just give the command additional time to complete. There's no
> > > point in aborting the command ring to move past a stuck command.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: George D Sworo <george.d.sworo@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Link: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/478ab723af9414b0a2a2fbc59ac34f5d319a4fc3
> > > [pmenzel: one adaptation for mainline 7.1: next_trb() uses the
> > > 2-argument form next_trb(&seg, &deq) — the mainline 7.1 signature
> > > dropped the xhci and ring arguments present in the 6.12 source the
> > > patch was ported from. xhci_pending_interrupt() is used directly as
> > > it is now committed as the preceding prerequisite.]
> > > Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet 4.6
> > > [pmenzel: No devices with the problem available, but no regressions on
> > > Dell XPS 13 9360 and QEMU 7.2.0.
> > >
> > > qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cpu host -m 3G -device qemu-xhci,id=xhci -device usb-storage,bus=xhci.0
> > >
> > > xHCI host controller initialised cleanly, USB 3.0 SuperSpeed root
> > > hubs and USB mass storage device enumerated without errors.
> > > The specific race (command timeout with blocked interrupt handler)
> > > cannot easily be forced in QEMU, but no regressions in the normal
> > > command path were observed.]
> >
> > What are these additions from? Did you mean to send these out to the
> > lists?
>
> Yes, they are authored by me and meant for the list. I wanted to document,
> where I got the patch from and how I tested the change. Feel free to remove
> them.

These make no sense, please remove them yourself and resend.

thanks,

greg k-h