Re: [PATCH v9 17/19] usb: resume (wakeup) child device when port is powered on

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On Mon, 2014-05-12 at 15:14 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2014, Dan Williams wrote:
> 
> > Fixed.  And dropped "wakeup" out of the patch subject.
> > 
> > > There's a nasty bug here.  I'll let you figure it out for yourself.  :-)
> > > Hint: Hiding a variable by declaring another local variable with the 
> > > same name in an inner block often leads to trouble.
> > 
> > Added hub_disconnect_children() and a note in the changelog.
> > 
> > 8<---------
> > Subject: usb: resume child device when port is powered on
> > 
> > From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Unconditionally wake up the child device when the power session is
> > recovered.
> > 
> > This addresses the following scenarios:
> > 
> > 1/ The device may need a reset on power-session loss, without this
> >    change port power-on recovery exposes khubd to scenarios that
> >    usb_port_resume() is set to handle.  Prior to port power control the
> >    only time a power session would be lost is during dpm_suspend of the
> >    hub.  In that scenario usb_port_resume() is guaranteed to be called
> >    prior to khubd running for that port.  With this change we wakeup the
> >    child device as soon as possible (prior to khubd running again for this
> >    port).
> > 
> >    Although khubd has facilities to wake a child device it will only do
> >    so if the portstatus / portchange indicates a suspend state.  In the
> >    case of port power control we are not coming from a hub-port-suspend
> >    state.  This implementation simply uses pm_request_resume() to wake the
> >    device and relies on the port_dev->status_lock to prevent any collisions
> >    between khubd and usb_port_resume().
> > 
> > 2/ This mechanism rate limits port power toggling.  The minimum port
> >    power on/off period is now gated by the child device suspend/resume
> >    latency.  Empirically this mitigates devices downgrading their connection
> >    on perceived instability of the host connection.  This ratelimiting is
> >    really only relevant to port power control testing, but it is a nice
> >    side effect of closing the above race.  Namely, the race of khubd for
> >    the given port running while a usb_port_resume() event is pending.
> > 
> > 3/ Going forward we are finding that power-session recovery requires
> >    warm-resets (http://marc.info/?t=138659232900003&r=1&w=2).  This
> >    mechanism allows for warm-resets to be requested at the same point in
> >    the resume path for hub dpm_suspend power session losses, or port
> >    rpm_suspend power session losses.
> > 
> > 4/ If the device *was* disconnected the only time we'll know for sure is
> >    after a failed resume, so it's necessary for usb_port_runtime_resume()
> >    to expedite a usb_port_resume() to clean up the removed device.  The
> >    reasoning for this is "least surprise" for the user. Turning on a port
> >    means that hotplug detection is again enabled for the port, it is
> >    surprising that devices that were removed while the port was off are not
> >    disconnected until they are attempted to be used.  As a user "why would
> >    I try to use a device I removed from the system?"
> > 
> > 1, 2, and 4 are not a problem in the system dpm_resume() case because,
> > although the power-session is lost, khubd is frozen until after device
> > resume.  For the rpm_resume() case pm_request_resume() is used to
> > request re-validation of the device, and if it happens to collide with a
> > khubd run we rely on the port_dev->status_lock to synchronize those
> > operations.
> > 
> > Besides testing, the primary scenario where this mechanism is expected
> > to be triggered is when the user changes the port power policy
> > (control/pm_qos_no_poweroff, or power/control).   Each time power is
> > enabled want to revalidate the child device, where the revalidation is
> > handled by usb_port_resume().
> > 
> > Given that this arranges for port_dev->child to be de-referenced in
> > usb_port_runtime_resume() we need to make sure not to collide with
> > usb_disconnect() that frees the usb_device.  To this end we hold the
> > port active with the "child_usage" reference across the disconnect
> > event.  Subsequently, the need to access hub->child_usage_bits lead to
> > the creation of hub_disconnect_children() to remove any ambiguity of
> > which "hub" is being acted on in usb_disconnect() (prompted-by sharp
> > eyes from Alan).
> > 
> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This version looks good.
> 
> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Is that everything?  Or did we skip a few patches in the middle?  It's 
> hard to keep track.

Sorry for the delay had some medically induced latency earlier this
week, feeling better.  My ack tracker script currently says:

ACK [01/19] USB: mutual exclusion for resetting a hub and power-managing a port
ACK [02/19] usb: disable port power control if not supported in wHubCharacteristics
ACK [03/19] usb: rename usb_port device objects
ACK [04/19] usb: cleanup setting udev->removable from port_dev->connect_type
ACK [05/19] usb: assign default peer ports for root hubs
ACK [06/19] usb: assign usb3 external hub port peers
ACK [07/19] usb: find internal hub tier mismatch via acpi
ACK [08/19] usb: sysfs link peer ports
    [09/19] usb: make usb_port flags atomic, rename did_runtime_put to child_usage
ACK [10/19] usb: block suspension of superspeed port while hispeed peer is active
ACK [11/19] usb: don't clear FEAT_C_ENABLE on usb_port_runtime_resume failure
ACK [12/19] usb: usb3 ports do not support FEAT_C_ENABLE
    [13/19] usb: refactor port handling in hub_events()
    [14/19] usb: synchronize port poweroff and khubd
    [15/19] usb: introduce port status lock
ACK [16/19] usb: hub_handle_remote_wakeup() depends on CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME=y
ACK [17/19] usb: resume child device when port is powered on
ack [18/19] usb: force warm reset to break link re-connect livelock
    [19/19] usb: documentation for usb port power off mechanisms

...where that lower case "ack" means acked, but not by you.

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