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 -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |
