[v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

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[v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Thang Q. Nguyen <hidden>
Date: 2017-05-20 07:25:14

XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1 when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.

Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Thang Q. Nguyen <redacted>
---
Changes since v1:
 - Update DT/ACPI attribute and corresponding codes from HLE to LPM to
  be consistent with other attribute names.
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt |    1 +
 drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c                       |    3 +++
 drivers/usb/host/xhci.c                            |    7 ++++++-
 drivers/usb/host/xhci.h                            |    1 +
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
index 2d80b60..96f1ac0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Required properties:
 
 Optional properties:
   - clocks: reference to a clock
+  - usb2-lpm-disable: disable USB2 LPM for hardware does not support it
   - usb3-lpm-capable: determines if platform is USB3 LPM capable
   - quirk-broken-port-ped: set if the controller has broken port disable mechanism
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
index 7c2a9e7..950eaf0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ static int xhci_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto disable_clk;
 	}
 
+	if (device_property_read_bool(&pdev->dev, "usb2-lpm-disable"))
+		xhci->quirks |= XHCI_USB2_LPM_DISABLE;
+
 	if (device_property_read_bool(sysdev, "usb3-lpm-capable"))
 		xhci->quirks |= XHCI_LPM_SUPPORT;
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 2d13102..47d51d4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -4055,6 +4055,7 @@ static int xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
 	unsigned long	flags;
 	int		hird, exit_latency;
 	int		ret;
+	int		usb2_lpm_disable = 0;
 
 	if (hcd->speed >= HCD_USB3 || !xhci->hw_lpm_support ||
 			!udev->lpm_capable)
@@ -4079,7 +4080,11 @@ static int xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
 	xhci_dbg(xhci, "%s port %d USB2 hardware LPM\n",
 			enable ? "enable" : "disable", port_num + 1);
 
-	if (enable) {
+	/* Check for optional disable USB2 LPM if XHCI 1.0 */
+	if ((xhci->quirks & XHCI_USB2_LPM_DISABLE) && (xhci->hci_version == 0x100))
+		usb2_lpm_disable = 1;
+
+	if (enable && !usb2_lpm_disable) {
 		/* Host supports BESL timeout instead of HIRD */
 		if (udev->usb2_hw_lpm_besl_capable) {
 			/* if device doesn't have a preferred BESL value use a
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
index 73a28a9..cfb9f5d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
@@ -1819,6 +1819,7 @@ struct xhci_hcd {
 /* For controller with a broken Port Disable implementation */
 #define XHCI_BROKEN_PORT_PED	(1 << 25)
 #define XHCI_LIMIT_ENDPOINT_INTERVAL_7	(1 << 26)
+#define XHCI_USB2_LPM_DISABLE	(1 << 27)
 
 	unsigned int		num_active_eps;
 	unsigned int		limit_active_eps;
-- 
1.7.1

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Re: [v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Date: 2017-05-30 22:32:29

On Sat, May 20, 2017 at 02:24:56PM +0700, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1 when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.

Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Thang Q. Nguyen <redacted>
---
Changes since v1:
 - Update DT/ACPI attribute and corresponding codes from HLE to LPM to
  be consistent with other attribute names.
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt |    1 +
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
 drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c                       |    3 +++
 drivers/usb/host/xhci.c                            |    7 ++++++-
 drivers/usb/host/xhci.h                            |    1 +
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Re: [v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Mathias Nyman <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-05 11:11:43

On 20.05.2017 10:24, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted hunk
XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1 when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.

Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Thang Q. Nguyen <redacted>
---
Changes since v1:
  - Update DT/ACPI attribute and corresponding codes from HLE to LPM to
   be consistent with other attribute names.
---
  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt |    1 +
  drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c                       |    3 +++
  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c                            |    7 ++++++-
  drivers/usb/host/xhci.h                            |    1 +
  4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
index 2d80b60..96f1ac0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Required properties:

  Optional properties:
    - clocks: reference to a clock
+  - usb2-lpm-disable: disable USB2 LPM for hardware does not support it
    - usb3-lpm-capable: determines if platform is USB3 LPM capable
    - quirk-broken-port-ped: set if the controller has broken port disable mechanism
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
index 7c2a9e7..950eaf0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ static int xhci_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
  		goto disable_clk;
  	}

+	if (device_property_read_bool(&pdev->dev, "usb2-lpm-disable"))
+		xhci->quirks |= XHCI_USB2_LPM_DISABLE;
+
  	if (device_property_read_bool(sysdev, "usb3-lpm-capable"))
  		xhci->quirks |= XHCI_LPM_SUPPORT;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 2d13102..47d51d4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -4055,6 +4055,7 @@ static int xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
  	unsigned long	flags;
  	int		hird, exit_latency;
  	int		ret;
+	int		usb2_lpm_disable = 0;

  	if (hcd->speed >= HCD_USB3 || !xhci->hw_lpm_support ||
  			!udev->lpm_capable)
@@ -4079,7 +4080,11 @@ static int xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
  	xhci_dbg(xhci, "%s port %d USB2 hardware LPM\n",
  			enable ? "enable" : "disable", port_num + 1);

-	if (enable) {
+	/* Check for optional disable USB2 LPM if XHCI 1.0 */
+	if ((xhci->quirks & XHCI_USB2_LPM_DISABLE) && (xhci->hci_version == 0x100))
+		usb2_lpm_disable = 1;
+
+	if (enable && !usb2_lpm_disable) {
  
Wouldn't it be better to just keep  xhci->hw_lpm_support = 0 if the host
doesn't support Hardware LPM Capability, (HLC)?

This should prevent all those extra steps getting here just to do nothing.

the quirk check could be done in xhci-mem.c in xhci_add_in_port()

if (temp & XHCI_HLC &&) {
         xhci_dbg_trace(xhci, trace_xhci_dbg_init,
	                                "xHCI 1.0: support USB2 hardware lpm");
         xhci->hw_lpm_support = 1;
}

Sidenote, the only purpose of the HLC bit is to inform the driver that the host port
is HLC (Hardware LPM Capable). No wonder driver sets HW LPM if HLC is set.

The HW LPM can also be disabled (per device) in sysfs if needed.

-Mathias   

Re: [v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Thang Q. Nguyen <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-05 12:58:01

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Mathias Nyman
[off-list ref] wrote:
On 20.05.2017 10:24, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted
XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1 when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.

Signed-off-by: Tung Nguyen <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Thang Q. Nguyen <redacted>
---
Changes since v1:
  - Update DT/ACPI attribute and corresponding codes from HLE to LPM to
   be consistent with other attribute names.
---
  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt |    1 +
  drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c                       |    3 +++
  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c                            |    7 ++++++-
  drivers/usb/host/xhci.h                            |    1 +
  4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
index 2d80b60..96f1ac0 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-xhci.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Required properties:

  Optional properties:
    - clocks: reference to a clock
+  - usb2-lpm-disable: disable USB2 LPM for hardware does not support it
    - usb3-lpm-capable: determines if platform is USB3 LPM capable
    - quirk-broken-port-ped: set if the controller has broken port disable
mechanism
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
index 7c2a9e7..950eaf0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-plat.c
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ static int xhci_plat_probe(struct platform_device
*pdev)
                goto disable_clk;
        }

+       if (device_property_read_bool(&pdev->dev, "usb2-lpm-disable"))
+               xhci->quirks |= XHCI_USB2_LPM_DISABLE;
+
        if (device_property_read_bool(sysdev, "usb3-lpm-capable"))
                xhci->quirks |= XHCI_LPM_SUPPORT;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 2d13102..47d51d4 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -4055,6 +4055,7 @@ static int xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm(struct usb_hcd
*hcd,
        unsigned long   flags;
        int             hird, exit_latency;
        int             ret;
+       int             usb2_lpm_disable = 0;

        if (hcd->speed >= HCD_USB3 || !xhci->hw_lpm_support ||
                        !udev->lpm_capable)
@@ -4079,7 +4080,11 @@ static int xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm(struct
usb_hcd *hcd,
        xhci_dbg(xhci, "%s port %d USB2 hardware LPM\n",
                        enable ? "enable" : "disable", port_num + 1);

-       if (enable) {
+       /* Check for optional disable USB2 LPM if XHCI 1.0 */
+       if ((xhci->quirks & XHCI_USB2_LPM_DISABLE) && (xhci->hci_version
== 0x100))
+               usb2_lpm_disable = 1;
+
+       if (enable && !usb2_lpm_disable) {
 Wouldn't it be better to just keep  xhci->hw_lpm_support = 0 if the host
doesn't support Hardware LPM Capability, (HLC)?

This should prevent all those extra steps getting here just to do nothing.
No, HLC = 0 means the host doesn't support Hardware LPM.
The problem here is the host support Hardware LPM but there is a bug
in host controller that make the LPM fail to work.

When debugging the host controller, we detect there are some holes in
the current usb specifications which can can result in inter-operating
problems between USB Host Controller and USB PHY. To be more specific,
the specs have not clarified the resume recovery timing after the port
has just waken up from L1. This can lead to different interpretations
of the specs by Host Controller and PHY. What happened in our case is
that a Host controller cannot work with a PHY right after resuming
from L1 because these two Vendors have different views of the specs
regarding LPM timing after L1. These views are contradictory and
cannot work together.

If Host Controller and PHY are from the same vendor, they might have
some "internal handshake mechanisms" to avoid these holes of the USB
specs. However, these mechanisms are not standardized in USB specs;
and not all vendors follow these mechanisms. In fact, we have observed
this kind of "internal handshake mechanism" in HOST Controller and PHY
from SYNOPSYS DWC. So, we can say that if users use Host Controller
and PHY from different Vendors, the inteopering problems after waking
up from L1 are more likely to occur.
the quirk check could be done in xhci-mem.c in xhci_add_in_port()

if (temp & XHCI_HLC &&) {
        xhci_dbg_trace(xhci, trace_xhci_dbg_init,
                                        "xHCI 1.0: support USB2 hardware
lpm");
        xhci->hw_lpm_support = 1;
}

Sidenote, the only purpose of the HLC bit is to inform the driver that the
host port
is HLC (Hardware LPM Capable). No wonder driver sets HW LPM if HLC is set.

The HW LPM can also be disabled (per device) in sysfs if needed.
This does not work. When the issue happens, the USB device is fail to
probe so no /sys interface created. Messages displayed when issue
happen is similar to:

[ 2846.677903] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd
[ 2882.037125] usb usb1-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
or
usb usb3-port1: disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
[   57.840237] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 5
-Mathias

Re: [v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com>
Date: 2017-06-05 14:31:07

On 05.06.2017 15:57, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Mathias Nyman
[off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On 20.05.2017 10:24, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted
XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1 when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.
  Wouldn't it be better to just keep  xhci->hw_lpm_support = 0 if the host
doesn't support Hardware LPM Capability, (HLC)?

This should prevent all those extra steps getting here just to do nothing.
No, HLC = 0 means the host doesn't support Hardware LPM.
The problem here is the host support Hardware LPM but there is a bug
in host controller that make the LPM fail to work.
So the host support hw LPM, and has its HLC capability bit set,
but in the end it just doesn't work at all, and should be prevented.
When debugging the host controller, we detect there are some holes in
the current usb specifications which can can result in inter-operating
problems between USB Host Controller and USB PHY. To be more specific,
the specs have not clarified the resume recovery timing after the port
has just waken up from L1. This can lead to different interpretations
of the specs by Host Controller and PHY. What happened in our case is
that a Host controller cannot work with a PHY right after resuming
from L1 because these two Vendors have different views of the specs
regarding LPM timing after L1. These views are contradictory and
cannot work together.

If Host Controller and PHY are from the same vendor, they might have
some "internal handshake mechanisms" to avoid these holes of the USB
specs. However, these mechanisms are not standardized in USB specs;
and not all vendors follow these mechanisms. In fact, we have observed
this kind of "internal handshake mechanism" in HOST Controller and PHY
from SYNOPSYS DWC. So, we can say that if users use Host Controller
and PHY from different Vendors, the inteopering problems after waking
up from L1 are more likely to occur.
Can you explain the reason why you prefer preventing hw lpm inside the
xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm() function instead of preventing hw lpm usage
all together for this platform -i.e. by not setting xhci->hw_lpm_support


Again, something like:
if (temp & XHCI_HLC && !(xhci->quirks & XHCI_HW_LPM_BROKEN))
         xhci->hw_lpm_support = 1;
quoted
The HW LPM can also be disabled (per device) in sysfs if needed.
This does not work. When the issue happens, the USB device is fail to
probe so no /sys interface created. Messages displayed when issue
happen is similar to:

[ 2846.677903] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci-hcd
[ 2882.037125] usb usb1-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
or
usb usb3-port1: disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
[   57.840237] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 5
Ok, the sysfs entry is not useful in this case.

-Mathias


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Re: [v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Thang Q. Nguyen <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-06 06:34:03

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Mathias Nyman [off-list ref] wrote:
On 05.06.2017 15:57, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Mathias Nyman
[off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On 20.05.2017 10:24, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted

XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1 when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.
  Wouldn't it be better to just keep  xhci->hw_lpm_support = 0 if the
host
doesn't support Hardware LPM Capability, (HLC)?

This should prevent all those extra steps getting here just to do
nothing.
No, HLC = 0 means the host doesn't support Hardware LPM.
The problem here is the host support Hardware LPM but there is a bug
in host controller that make the LPM fail to work.
So the host support hw LPM, and has its HLC capability bit set,
but in the end it just doesn't work at all, and should be prevented.
quoted
When debugging the host controller, we detect there are some holes in
the current usb specifications which can can result in inter-operating
problems between USB Host Controller and USB PHY. To be more specific,
the specs have not clarified the resume recovery timing after the port
has just waken up from L1. This can lead to different interpretations
of the specs by Host Controller and PHY. What happened in our case is
that a Host controller cannot work with a PHY right after resuming
from L1 because these two Vendors have different views of the specs
regarding LPM timing after L1. These views are contradictory and
cannot work together.

If Host Controller and PHY are from the same vendor, they might have
some "internal handshake mechanisms" to avoid these holes of the USB
specs. However, these mechanisms are not standardized in USB specs;
and not all vendors follow these mechanisms. In fact, we have observed
this kind of "internal handshake mechanism" in HOST Controller and PHY
from SYNOPSYS DWC. So, we can say that if users use Host Controller
and PHY from different Vendors, the inteopering problems after waking
up from L1 are more likely to occur.

Can you explain the reason why you prefer preventing hw lpm inside the
xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm() function instead of preventing hw lpm usage
all together for this platform -i.e. by not setting xhci->hw_lpm_support
The reason I don't change in the xhci_add_in_port() function inside
xhci-mem.c is because of the description for xhci->hw_lpm_support in
the drivers/usb/host/xhci.h header file: support xHCI 1.0 spec USB2
hardware LPM. Per my understanding, this attribute is used to indicate
if the host supports HW LPM and this can be checked via HLC.
My intension is to support an option for user to disable the HW LPM
because of some reasons (in my case because HW LPM is broken).

Again, something like:
if (temp & XHCI_HLC && !(xhci->quirks & XHCI_HW_LPM_BROKEN))
        xhci->hw_lpm_support = 1;
This should work too. But the DT/ACPI attribute should change to
"usb2-lpm-broken".
quoted
quoted
The HW LPM can also be disabled (per device) in sysfs if needed.
This does not work. When the issue happens, the USB device is fail to
probe so no /sys interface created. Messages displayed when issue
happen is similar to:

[ 2846.677903] usb 1-1: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using
xhci-hcd
[ 2882.037125] usb usb1-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
or
usb usb3-port1: disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling...
[   57.840237] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 5

Ok, the sysfs entry is not useful in this case.

-Mathias
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Re: [v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Mathias Nyman <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-13 13:11:53

On 06.06.2017 09:33, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Mathias Nyman [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On 05.06.2017 15:57, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Mathias Nyman
[off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
On 20.05.2017 10:24, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted

XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1 when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.
   Wouldn't it be better to just keep  xhci->hw_lpm_support = 0 if the
host
doesn't support Hardware LPM Capability, (HLC)?

This should prevent all those extra steps getting here just to do
nothing.
No, HLC = 0 means the host doesn't support Hardware LPM.
The problem here is the host support Hardware LPM but there is a bug
in host controller that make the LPM fail to work.
So the host support hw LPM, and has its HLC capability bit set,
but in the end it just doesn't work at all, and should be prevented.
quoted
When debugging the host controller, we detect there are some holes in
the current usb specifications which can can result in inter-operating
problems between USB Host Controller and USB PHY. To be more specific,
the specs have not clarified the resume recovery timing after the port
has just waken up from L1. This can lead to different interpretations
of the specs by Host Controller and PHY. What happened in our case is
that a Host controller cannot work with a PHY right after resuming
from L1 because these two Vendors have different views of the specs
regarding LPM timing after L1. These views are contradictory and
cannot work together.

If Host Controller and PHY are from the same vendor, they might have
some "internal handshake mechanisms" to avoid these holes of the USB
specs. However, these mechanisms are not standardized in USB specs;
and not all vendors follow these mechanisms. In fact, we have observed
this kind of "internal handshake mechanism" in HOST Controller and PHY
from SYNOPSYS DWC. So, we can say that if users use Host Controller
and PHY from different Vendors, the inteopering problems after waking
up from L1 are more likely to occur.

Can you explain the reason why you prefer preventing hw lpm inside the
xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm() function instead of preventing hw lpm usage
all together for this platform -i.e. by not setting xhci->hw_lpm_support
The reason I don't change in the xhci_add_in_port() function inside
xhci-mem.c is because of the description for xhci->hw_lpm_support in
the drivers/usb/host/xhci.h header file: support xHCI 1.0 spec USB2
hardware LPM. Per my understanding, this attribute is used to indicate
if the host supports HW LPM and this can be checked via HLC.
My intension is to support an option for user to disable the HW LPM
because of some reasons (in my case because HW LPM is broken).
I think we should keep supporting new options separate from workarounds
for broken HW.
quoted

Again, something like:
if (temp & XHCI_HLC && !(xhci->quirks & XHCI_HW_LPM_BROKEN))
         xhci->hw_lpm_support = 1;
This should work too. But the DT/ACPI attribute should change to
"usb2-lpm-broken".
This would be more clear for future developers and prevent them from
enabling hw lpm for this host to gain some powersaving.

A new feature allowing optional host hw lpm disabling can then be written separately,
preferable without using the quirk bits.

-Mathias

Re: [v2 1/1] usb:host:xhci support option to disable xHCI 1.0 USB2 HW LPM

From: Thang Q. Nguyen <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-14 13:27:30

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 8:12 PM, Mathias Nyman
[off-list ref] wrote:
On 06.06.2017 09:33, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Mathias Nyman [off-list ref]
wrote:
quoted
On 05.06.2017 15:57, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:14 PM, Mathias Nyman
[off-list ref] wrote:
quoted

On 20.05.2017 10:24, Thang Q. Nguyen wrote:
quoted


XHCI specification 1.1 does not require xHCI 1.0 compliant controllers
to always enable hardware USB2 LPM.
However, the current xHCI driver always enable it by setting HLE=1
when
seeing HLC=1. This makes certain xHCI controllers that have broken
USB2
HW LPM fail to work as there is no way to disable this feature.
This patch adds support to control disabling USB2 Hardware LPM via
DT/ACPI attribute.
   Wouldn't it be better to just keep  xhci->hw_lpm_support = 0 if the
host
doesn't support Hardware LPM Capability, (HLC)?

This should prevent all those extra steps getting here just to do
nothing.

No, HLC = 0 means the host doesn't support Hardware LPM.
The problem here is the host support Hardware LPM but there is a bug
in host controller that make the LPM fail to work.
So the host support hw LPM, and has its HLC capability bit set,
but in the end it just doesn't work at all, and should be prevented.
quoted
When debugging the host controller, we detect there are some holes in
the current usb specifications which can can result in inter-operating
problems between USB Host Controller and USB PHY. To be more specific,
the specs have not clarified the resume recovery timing after the port
has just waken up from L1. This can lead to different interpretations
of the specs by Host Controller and PHY. What happened in our case is
that a Host controller cannot work with a PHY right after resuming
from L1 because these two Vendors have different views of the specs
regarding LPM timing after L1. These views are contradictory and
cannot work together.

If Host Controller and PHY are from the same vendor, they might have
some "internal handshake mechanisms" to avoid these holes of the USB
specs. However, these mechanisms are not standardized in USB specs;
and not all vendors follow these mechanisms. In fact, we have observed
this kind of "internal handshake mechanism" in HOST Controller and PHY
from SYNOPSYS DWC. So, we can say that if users use Host Controller
and PHY from different Vendors, the inteopering problems after waking
up from L1 are more likely to occur.


Can you explain the reason why you prefer preventing hw lpm inside the
xhci_set_usb2_hardware_lpm() function instead of preventing hw lpm usage
all together for this platform -i.e. by not setting xhci->hw_lpm_support
The reason I don't change in the xhci_add_in_port() function inside
xhci-mem.c is because of the description for xhci->hw_lpm_support in
the drivers/usb/host/xhci.h header file: support xHCI 1.0 spec USB2
hardware LPM. Per my understanding, this attribute is used to indicate
if the host supports HW LPM and this can be checked via HLC.
My intension is to support an option for user to disable the HW LPM
because of some reasons (in my case because HW LPM is broken).

I think we should keep supporting new options separate from workarounds
for broken HW.
So, I will continue to use usb2-lpm-disable to let kernel know that we
want to disable USB2 HW LPM.
quoted
quoted

Again, something like:
if (temp & XHCI_HLC && !(xhci->quirks & XHCI_HW_LPM_BROKEN))
         xhci->hw_lpm_support = 1;
This should work too. But the DT/ACPI attribute should change to
"usb2-lpm-broken".

This would be more clear for future developers and prevent them from
enabling hw lpm for this host to gain some powersaving.

A new feature allowing optional host hw lpm disabling can then be written
separately,
preferable without using the quirk bits.
How's about adding a new attribute such as sw_lpm_disable to the
xhci_hcd struct to indicate that we will disable USB2 HW LPM by
software?
-Mathias
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