Re: reeze while write on external usb 3.0 hard disk [Bug 204095]

[Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>]

Let's bring this to the attention of some more people.

It looks like the bug that was supposed to be fixed by commit
d74ffae8b8dd ("usb-storage: Add a limitation for
blk_queue_max_hw_sectors()"), which is part of 5.2.5, but apparently
the bug still occurs.

Alan Stern

On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, Piergiorgio Sartor wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> bug 204095 from bugzilla.kernel.org was closed,
> but apparently something is left unfixed.
> 
> Ref.: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204095
> 
> Below the two last entries I did about the topic:
> 
> --- --- ---
> 
> I've Fedora 30 and there was an update, from kernel 5.1.20
> to 5.2.5, and now I've the logs full of:
> 
> ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 327680 bytes), total 32768 (slots), used 97 (slots)
> 
> Or similarly:
> 
> ehci-pci 0000:00:13.2: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 315392 bytes), total 32768 (slots), used 103 (slots)
> 
> This happens whenever I access an external USB3.0 drive
> connected to a USB2.0 port, I'm not sure if this makes
> any difference.
> 
> It is enough something like "hdparm -t /dev/sdX" to trigger
> the above (and cause a lock-up of the command and 100% CPU
> load for "usb-storage").
> Nevertheless, it seems that the first access, likely few bytes
> read, is successful since the device is recognize by the file
> manager.
> Anything else, (large) file copy causes the issue.
> 
> Could it be the same bug? That is the fix for 5.2.5 does not
> fix it completely?
> 
> --- --- ---
> 
> Some more comments.
> 
> I tested a different PC, this does not show any problem, neither
> with the "old" 5.1.20 nor with the new 5.2.5 kernel.
> 
> Second, the original PC still have problems, here below the log
> output at the moment of the "crash" due to "hdparm -t /dev/sdX":
> 
> [   47.212609] xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: swiotlb buffer is full (sz: 421888 bytes), total 32768 (slots), used 1 (slots)
> [   47.212620] xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: overflow 0x0000000383a19000+421888 of DMA mask ffffffff bus mask 0
> [   47.212646] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 454 at kernel/dma/direct.c:43 report_addr+0x33/0x60
> [   47.212649] Modules linked in: fuse cfg80211 rfkill nf_log_ipv4 nf_log_common ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 xt_state xt_conntrack xt_owner xt_LOG iptable_filter nf_conntrack_ftp xt_CT nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 iptable_raw hwmon_vid sunrpc dm_crypt dm_cache_smq nvidia_drm(POE) dm_cache nvidia_modeset(POE) dm_persistent_data dm_bio_prison libcrc32c nvidia_uvm(OE) amd64_edac_mod edac_mce_amd kvm_amd ccp kvm snd_hda_codec_hdmi irqbypass joydev crct10dif_pclmul nvidia(POE) crc32_pclmul ghash_clmulni_intel snd_hda_codec_via snd_hda_codec_generic ledtrig_audio snd_hda_intel drm_kms_helper wmi_bmof snd_hda_codec fam15h_power k10temp snd_hda_core sp5100_tco snd_hwdep i2c_piix4 snd_seq snd_seq_device drm snd_pcm snd_timer ipmi_devintf snd ipmi_msghandler asus_atk0110 soundcore pcc_cpufreq acpi_cpufreq vboxpci(OE) vboxnetadp(OE) vboxnetflt(OE) vboxdrv(OE) binfmt_misc ip_tables firewire_sbp2 raid1 raid10 crc32c_intel firewire_ohci firewire_core serio_raw crc_itu_t r8169 wmi uas
> [   47.212719]  usb_storage hid_logitech ff_memless ecryptfs
> [   47.212734] CPU: 0 PID: 454 Comm: usb-storage Tainted: P           OE     5.2.6-200.fc30.x86_64 #1
> [   47.212738] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/M5A78L-M/USB3, BIOS 2101    12/02/2014
> [   47.212744] RIP: 0010:report_addr+0x33/0x60
> [   47.212750] Code: 48 8b 87 28 02 00 00 48 89 34 24 48 85 c0 74 2d 4c 8b 00 b8 fe ff ff ff 49 39 c0 76 14 80 3d a3 ae 41 01 00 0f 84 a9 06 00 00 <0f> 0b 48 83 c4 08 c3 48 83 bf 38 02 00 00 00 74 ef eb e0 80 3d 84
> [   47.212754] RSP: 0018:ffffa85941bffbc8 EFLAGS: 00010246
> [   47.212758] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000000000
> [   47.212762] RDX: 0000000000000007 RSI: 0000000000000092 RDI: ffff9a45af617900
> [   47.212765] RBP: ffff9a45accc00b0 R08: ffffa85941bff92d R09: 00000000000003a3
> [   47.212769] R10: ffffffffb6bece08 R11: ffffa85941bff92d R12: 0000000000067000
> [   47.212772] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff9a45a40502b0
> [   47.212777] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9a45af600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
> [   47.212780] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
> [   47.212784] CR2: 000055b215f34c50 CR3: 00000003d622e000 CR4: 00000000000406f0
> [   47.212787] Call Trace:
> [   47.212797]  dma_direct_map_page+0xdf/0xf0
> [   47.212803]  dma_direct_map_sg+0x67/0xb0
> [   47.212811]  usb_hcd_map_urb_for_dma+0x343/0x530
> [   47.212817]  usb_hcd_submit_urb+0x9a/0xbb0
> [   47.212824]  ? schedule_timeout+0x209/0x300
> [   47.212829]  ? usb_hcd_submit_urb+0xbf/0xbb0
> [   47.212835]  ? __switch_to_asm+0x40/0x70
> [   47.212840]  ? __switch_to_asm+0x34/0x70
> [   47.212845]  ? _cond_resched+0x15/0x30
> [   47.212852]  ? __kmalloc+0x16c/0x210
> [   47.212857]  ? _cond_resched+0x15/0x30
> [   47.212863]  ? usb_alloc_urb+0x35/0x60
> [   47.212867]  usb_sg_wait+0x7e/0x150
> [   47.212879]  usb_stor_bulk_transfer_sglist.part.0+0x64/0xb0 [usb_storage]
> [   47.212886]  usb_stor_bulk_srb+0x49/0x80 [usb_storage]
> [   47.212893]  usb_stor_Bulk_transport+0x163/0x3e0 [usb_storage]
> [   47.212898]  ? schedule+0x33/0x90
> [   47.212905]  usb_stor_invoke_transport+0x3a/0x500 [usb_storage]
> [   47.212910]  ? wait_for_completion_interruptible+0x156/0x1a0
> [   47.212915]  ? wake_up_q+0x60/0x60
> [   47.212922]  usb_stor_control_thread+0x183/0x280 [usb_storage]
> [   47.212928]  kthread+0xfb/0x130
> [   47.212934]  ? usb_stor_disconnect+0xb0/0xb0 [usb_storage]
> [   47.212938]  ? kthread_park+0x80/0x80
> [   47.212943]  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x40
> [   47.212948] ---[ end trace 848c6eec31ed7f76 ]---
> 
> --- --- ---
> 
> More information.
> 
> With kernel 5.2.8 (still from Fedora) the problem appears,
> but not any more with "hdparm -t /dev/sdX".
> It is required or to copy large files, or something like
> "dd if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/null bs=1M".
> 
> Sometime, with small blocks (bs=4k, for example), it seems
> better, but I'll have to test more.
> 
> Finally, no difference between USB3.0 or USB2.0 in any
> combination of devices.
> 
> On other PCs, all with Intel HW, I could not experience
> the issue, yet.
> 
> If you need more information, please let me know, I'll
> try to support as much a I can.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> bye,