Re: [PATCH] usb: chipidea: host: Disable port power only if previously enabled

From: Alan Stern
Date: Wed Jan 01 2020 - 21:30:37 EST


On Wed, 1 Jan 2020, Guenter Roeck wrote:

> On 12/29/19 8:40 AM, Alan Stern wrote:
> > On Sun, 29 Dec 2019, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Dec 28, 2019 at 02:33:01PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Let's try a slightly different approach. What happens with this patch?
> >>>
> >>> Alan Stern
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Index: usb-devel/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> >>> ===================================================================
> >>> --- usb-devel.orig/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> >>> +++ usb-devel/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> >>> @@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub
> >>> if (type == HUB_INIT) {
> >>> delay = hub_power_on_good_delay(hub);
> >>>
> >>> + hub->power_bits[0] = ~0UL; /* All ports on */
> >>> hub_power_on(hub, false);
> >>> INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&hub->init_work, hub_init_func2);
> >>> queue_delayed_work(system_power_efficient_wq,
> >>>
> >>
> >> That doesn't make a difference - the traceback is still seen with this patch
> >> applied.
> >
> > Can you trace what's going on? Does this code pathway now end up
> > calling ehci_port_power() for each root-hub port, and from there down
> > into the chipidea driver? If not, can you find where it gets
> > sidetracked?
> >
>
> A complete traceback is attached below, so, yes, I think it is safe to say that
> ehci_port_power() is called unconditionally for each root-hub port on shutdown.

I was really asking about hub activation and powering-up, but you found
the answer to that too, so okay.

> The only mystery to me was why ehci_port_power() isn't called to enable port power
> when the port comes up. As it turns out, HCS_PPC(ehci->hcs_params) is false on my
> simulated hardware, and thus ehci_port_power(..., true) is not called from
> ehci_hub_control().
>
> Given that, it may well be that the problem is not seen on "real" hardware,
> at least not with real mcimx7d-sabre hardware, if the hub on that hardware does
> support power control. To test this idea, I modified qemu to claim hub power
> control support by setting the "power control support" capability bit. With
> that, the traceback is gone.
>
> Any suggestion how to proceed ?

Given that HCS_PPC(ehci_hcs_params) is false, I would say that
ehci_turn_off_all_ports() shouldn't call ehci_port_power(). You should
add that test there. (Although to tell the truth, I'm not really sure
we need to test HCS_PPC anywhere...)

Did you check what happens without the patch I sent you? I would like
to know if that patch really does make a difference. If we don't send
the Set-Port-Feature(power) request during hub activation without the
patch then it does need to be merged.

Alan Stern