Re: usb hub driver bug in overcurrent handling?

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On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 04:35:33PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, Bin Liu wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I got a report saying that when overcurrent happens in one of the hub
> > downstream ports, USB_PORT_STAT_OVERCURRENT is not set in portstatus,
> > instead USB_PORT_STAT_C_OVERCURRENT is set in portchange, then the
> > overcurrent condition is not handled in hub_event().
> > 
> > The following patch solves the issue.
> > 
> > t a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > index 442be7f312f6..118557acc74b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > @@ -1144,7 +1144,8 @@ static void hub_activate(struct usb_hub *hub, enum hub_activation_type type)
> >                          * check for a new connection
> >                          */
> >                         if (udev || (portstatus & USB_PORT_STAT_CONNECTION) ||
> > -                           (portstatus & USB_PORT_STAT_OVERCURRENT))
> > +                           (portstatus & USB_PORT_STAT_OVERCURRENT) ||
> > +                           (portchange & USB_PORT_STAT_C_OVERCURRENT))
> >                                 set_bit(port1, hub->change_bits);
> >  
> >                 } else if (portstatus & USB_PORT_STAT_ENABLE) {
> 
> Please also update the immediately preceding comment.

Sure.

> 
> > The usb2.0 spec section 11.12.5 states
> >     "If a hub has per-port power switching and per-port current limiting, an
> >      over-current on one port may still cause the power on another port to
> >      fall below specific minimums. In this case, the affected port is placed
> >      in the Power-Off state and C_PORT_OVER_CURRENT is set for the port, but
> >      PORT_OVER_CURRENT is not set."
> > 
> > So is the patch above a proper fix? or something else might be missing?
> 
> It certainly seems like a reasonable thing to do.  If you say it fixes 
> the problem, we can add it in.

Will send the patch.

Thanks,
-Bin.
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