Re: `quirk_usb_handoff_xhci` takes 60 ms with ASM1042

[Bjorn Helgaas]

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 02:31:56PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 02:15:26PM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > Am 05.05.21 um 10:33 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> > > On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 10:27:52AM +0200, Paul Menzel wrote:
> > > > Am 05.05.21 um 10:11 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:

> > > > > If the driver is built as a module, there should not be any "hot
> > > > > path" here as the module is loaded async when the device is
> > > > > discovered, right?
> > > >      obj-$(CONFIG_USB_PCI)   += pci-quirks.o
> > > > 
> > > > So all quirks are run independently of the USB “variant”
> > > > (UHCI, OHCI, EHCI, xHCI).
> > > > 
> > > > Indeed, this driver is built into the Linux kernel.
> > > > 
> > > >      $ grep USB_PCI .config
> > > >      CONFIG_USB_PCI=y
> > > > 
> > > > So, should `pci-quirks.c` be split up to have more fine
> > > > grained control?
> > > 
> > > What control do you need here?
> > 
> > Good question, as I do not know the USB spec. I’d say, disabling certain
> > quirks, or just run them, when the actual driver is loaded.
> 
> This is not a "quirk", it is part of how USB works.

I agree, this doesn't look like a "quirk" in the sense of working
around a hardware defect; the handoff is just a normal part of
operating the device.  But can you elaborate on why it must be done
this way?

I'm looking at the xHCI r1.2 spec, sec 4.22.1.  It talks about the
handoff synchronization process and says the OS driver shall use the
defined protocol to request ownership before it uses the device.  But
AFAICT there's no specific "early-startup" requirement.

quirk_usb_handoff_xhci() is in drivers/usb/host/pci-quirks.c, which is
always built statically and the quirk runs during device enumeration,
even if the xhcd driver itself is a module.  It looks like we run the
quirk even if we never load the xhcd driver.

Why can't we just do the handoff in the xhcd driver probe?

> > > Try changing your BIOS settings to not have "legacy" USB support
> > > in it, that could cause this transition to go faster, at the
> > > expense of not being able to use a USB device before Linux
> > > boots.
> > 
> > The firmware of the Asus F2A85-M PRO allows to disable *legacy*
> > USB support for only the ASMedia ASM1042. And, thank you for the
> > suggestion, it helped.  `quirk_usb_early_handoff()` does not show
> > up in the logs now, meaning it’s below 50 ms. And it is well
> > below: less than one millisecond.
> > 
> >     [    0.308343] pci 0000:00:15.1: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: INT A -> IRQ
> > 16
> >     [    0.308359] pci 0000:03:00.0: PCI->APIC IRQ transform: INT A -> IRQ
> > 17
> >     [    0.308376] pci 0000:03:00.0: hc_init reached
> >     [    0.308380] pci 0000:03:00.0: second handshake done
> >     [    0.308384] pci 0000:03:00.0: third handshake done
> >     [    0.308395] PCI: CLS 64 bytes, default 64
> >     […]
> >     [    0.401722] Run /lib/systemd/systemd as init process
> 
> Nice!
> 
> Go blame your bios vendor now :)

So the answer is "to make Linux boot faster, flip this BIOS switch
which means your USB devices no longer work while in BIOS"?

I can see why this helps (BIOS never claims the xHCI, so OS can
immediately claim ownership), but it seems like a sub-optimal user
experience.

Bjorn