On Thu, Jun 1, 2023 at 4:21 PM Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 11:04:56PM +0000, Roy Luo wrote:
> > Expose usb device state to userland as the information is useful in
> > detecting non-compliant setups and diagnosing enumeration failures.
> > For example:
> > - End-to-end signal integrity issues: the device would fail port reset
> > repeatedly and thus be stuck in POWERED state.
> > - Charge-only cables (missing D+/D- lines): the device would never enter
> > POWERED state as the HC would not see any pullup.
> >
> > What's the status quo?
> > We do have error logs such as "Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?"
> > to flag potential setup issues, but there's no good way to expose them to
> > userspace.
> >
> > Why add a sysfs entry in struct usb_port instead of struct usb_device?
> > The struct usb_device is not device_add() to the system until it's in
> > ADDRESS state hence we would miss the first two states. The struct
> > usb_port is a better place to keep the information because its life
> > cycle is longer than the struct usb_device that is attached to the port.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Roy Luo <royluo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > index 97a0f8faea6e..35d94288726b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > @@ -2018,6 +2018,23 @@ bool usb_device_is_owned(struct usb_device *udev)
> > return !!hub->ports[udev->portnum - 1]->port_owner;
> > }
> >
> > +static void update_port_device_state(struct usb_device *udev)
> > +{
> > + struct usb_port *port_dev = NULL;
> > + struct usb_hub *hub = NULL;
> > + struct kernfs_node *state_node = NULL;
> > +
> > + if (udev->parent) {
> > + hub = usb_hub_to_struct_hub(udev->parent);
> > + port_dev = hub->ports[udev->portnum - 1];
> > + WRITE_ONCE(port_dev->state, udev->state);
> > + state_node = sysfs_get_dirent(port_dev->dev.kobj.sd, "state");
> > + if (state_node) {
> > + sysfs_notify_dirent(state_node);
> > + }
> > + }
> > +}
>
> I didn't notice the "= NULL" initializers before. You might want to
> remove them, since they are completely unnecessary.
>
> Alan Stern
Ack, sending out v2.
Thanks,
Roy
