Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] usbnet: add devlink support

[Oleksij Rempel]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 02:22:49PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 01:31:52PM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:13:53PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:07:42PM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > > > The weakest link of usbnet devices is the USB cable.
> > > 
> > > The weakest link of any USB device is the cable, why is this somehow
> > > special to usbnet devices?
> > > 
> > > > Currently there is
> > > > no way to automatically detect cable related issues except of analyzing
> > > > kernel log, which would differ depending on the USB host controller.
> > > > 
> > > > The Ethernet packet counter could potentially show evidence of some USB
> > > > related issues, but can be Ethernet related problem as well.
> > > > 
> > > > To provide generic way to detect USB issues or HW issues on different
> > > > levels we need to make use of devlink.
> > > 
> > > Please make this generic to all USB devices, usbnet is not special here
> > > at all.
> > 
> > Ok. I'll need some help. What is the best place to attach devlink
> > registration in the USB subsystem and the places to attach health
> > reporters?
> 
> You tell us, you are the one that thinks this needs to be reported to
> userspace. What is only being reported in kernel logs that userspace
> somehow needs to see?  And what will userspace do with that information?

The user space should get an event in case there is a problem with the
USB transfers, i.e. the URB status is != 0.

The use space then can decide if the USB device needs to be reset, power
cycled and so on.

What about calling a to-be-written devlink function that reports the USB
status if the URB status is not 0:

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
index d0f45600b669..a90134854f32 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/hcd.c
@@ -1648,6 +1648,8 @@ static void __usb_hcd_giveback_urb(struct urb *urb)
 	usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
 	if (likely(status == 0))
 		usb_led_activity(USB_LED_EVENT_HOST);
+	else
+		devlink_report_usb_status(urb, status);
 
 	/* pass ownership to the completion handler */
 	urb->status = status;

Regards,
Oleksij & Marc
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