Re: [xhci] usb 4-1: reset SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd

From: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@intel.com>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [xhci] usb 4-1: reset SuperSpeed Gen 1 USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 20:37:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+icZUXHnc-Qd9NhwxFx3+LQakNTWmS_RRYsTAY8-gO8wc219Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210305192529.GD48113@rowland.harvard.edu>

On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 8:25 PM Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 08:05:49PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 5:07 PM Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> > > Don't worry about trying to decode the output.  To me it looks like the
> > > drive crashes and needs to be reset at times when the computer sends it
> > > an ATA command.  (Not all ATA commands, but some.)  You can prevent this
> > > by setting the following module parameter for the usb-storage driver:
> > >
> > >         quirks=174c:55aa:t
> > >
> > > where the two numbers are the Vendor and Product IDs for the external
> > > drive, and the 't' is a quirks flag saying not to use any ATA commands.
> > > If this module parameter fixes the problem, we can add a permanent quirk
> > > setting to the kernel.
> > >
> >
> > Thanks Alan.
> >
> > I did:
> >
> > [ /etc/modules-load.d/usb-storage.conf ]
> >
> > # Add quirks for ATA commands for usb-storage devices connected to
> > ASMedia M1042 USB-3.0 controller
> > options usb-storage quirks=174c:55aa:t
> > - EOF -
> >
> > It is:
> >
> > /lib/modules/5.12.0-rc1-11-amd64-clang13-cfi/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko
> >
> > But:
> >
> > root# lsmod | grep usb | grep storage
> > usb_storage            90112  2 uas
> > scsi_mod              307200  6 sd_mod,usb_storage,uas,libata,sg,sr_mod
> > usbcore               385024  14
> > usbserial,xhci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbnet,usbhid,usb_storage,usb_wwan,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,btusb,xhci_pci,cdc_ether,uas,option
>
> I don't understand.  What is the point of this listing?
>

I was confused about lsmod and modinfo output:
usb-storage.ko (kernel-module name) VS. usb_storage (modinfo: name: usb_storage)

> > I have not rebooted yet.
>
> Depending on how your system is set up, the new usb-storage.conf file
> might need to be copied into the initramfs image.
>

That seems not to be needed.

> However, you don't need to reload the driver module or reboot.  To make
> the new quirk take effect, all you have to do is write 174c:55aa:t to
> /sys/module/usb_storage/parameters/quirks.
>

OK, keep this for next USB(mon) testings before doing a reboot.

> > Interferences with PowerTop?
>
> Maybe.  It's entirely possible that PowerTop or some other program is
> issuing the troublesome ATA commands.
>
> > These xhci-resets happen every 10mins in a sequence of 4.
> >
> > I have here a powertop.service (systemd) with passing --auto-tune option.
> > That was not a problem with previous Linux-kernels >= v5.12-rc1, so.
> >
> > Alan, what do you think?
>
> Try turning the service off and see if that makes any difference.
>

NO, it is not powertop.service causing the xhci-resets.

- Sedat -