Re: howto debug xhci driver?

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On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 01:21:42PM -0600, Bin Liu wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 10:16:49AM +0200, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Bin Liu <b-liu@xxxxxx> writes:
> > > I am relatively new to xhci and its driver. I am trying to get a xhci
> > > driver runtime log to understand how it handles usb transactions, but I
> > > don't get much information with dynamic debug (module xhci_hcd) or
> > > enabling xhci trace events. Is there any other methods you guys use to
> > > debug xhci driver?
> > 
> > tracepoints, the best thing since sliced bread ;-)
> 
> I know, but I didn't get any trace log in bulk IN transfers :(
> It turns out - I was on v4.9, which doesn't have much tracepoints. Now I
> see you added more since v4.11. I will try to move to the latest kernel.
> 
> > 
> > > BTY, the issue I am trying to debug is when reading bulk IN data from a
> > > USB2.0 device, if the device doesn't have data to transmit and NAKs the
> > > IN packet, after 4 pairs of IN-NAK transactions, xhci stops sending
> > > further IN tokens until the next SOF, which leaves ~90us gape on the
> > > bus.
> > >
> > > But when reading data from a USB2.0 thumb drive, this issue doesn't
> > > happen, even if the device NAKs the IN tokens, xhci still keeps sending
> > > IN tokens, which is way more than 4 pairs of IN-NAK transactions.
> > 
> > Thumb drive has Bulk endpoints, what is the other device's transfer type?
> 
> It is bulk too. I asked for device descriptors. This is a remote debug
> effort for me, I don't have that device...
> 
> > 
> > > Any one has a clue on what causes xhci to stop sending IN tokens after
> > > the device NAK'd 4 times?

By accident, I reproduced the issue if addng a hub in the middle...
any comments about why a hub changes this xhci behavior is appreciated.

> > tracepoints, please :-)

I will get tracepoints for cases w/ and w/o a hub.

Regards,
-Bin.
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