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The chip powers off its MAC and leaves the bus while the last control transfers of that sequence are still in flight, so they complete with -EPROTO and the driver reports them as errors: rtw_8822bu 1-1:1.0: Firmware version 27.2.0, H2C version 13 rtw_8822bu 1-1:1.0: write register 0xc4 failed with -71 usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 usbcore: registered new interface driver rtw_8822bu rtw_8822bu 1-1:1.0: Firmware version 27.2.0, H2C version 13 Register 0xc4 is REG_PAD_CTRL2 and the access losing the race is the rtw_write32_set() that ends the switch sequence, a few milliseconds before the disconnect. Which transfer gets caught varies from boot to boot: 0xc4 is in the "always on" section, so every write to it is followed by a second one from rtw_usb_reg_sec(), and sometimes that is the one that fails: rtw_8822bu 1-1:1.0: rtw_usb_reg_sec: reg 0x4e0, usb write 1 fail, status: -71 Nothing is wrong here. The device re-enumerates, probes again and registers normally, which is why rtw_usb_probe() already treats a non-zero return from rtw_usb_switch_mode() as "Not a fail". On a USB 2 only port the switch can never succeed, so the message returns on every boot and everyone using such a port has to work out that it is harmless. Mark the window in which the chip is expected to leave the bus and skip the error reports for transfers that fall into it. rtw_usb_switch_mode_old() disconnects the same way for RTL8812AU and RTL8814AU, so mark it there too. The flag is never cleared because the switch always ends in a re-probe with a fresh struct rtw_usb. Tested with an RTL8822BU (0x7392:0xb822) on a USB 2 root port of a TI AM62, where the message appears exactly once per boot. With the patch both lines are gone while the disconnect, the re-enumeration and the second firmware load are unchanged. Signed-off-by: Mehmet Fide --- v2: - regenerated with git format-patch on top of rtw-next, as asked - also mark the window in rtw_usb_switch_mode_old(), which disconnects the same way for RTL8812AU and RTL8814AU drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c | 13 ++++++++++--- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c index 64e1c3420..b60e58b35 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.c @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static void rtw_usb_reg_sec(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 addr, __le32 *data) RTW_USB_CMD_REQ, RTW_USB_CMD_WRITE, t_reg, 0, data, t_len, 500); - if (status != t_len && status != -ENODEV) + if (status != t_len && status != -ENODEV && !rtwusb->switching_mode) rtw_err(rtwdev, "%s: reg 0x%x, usb write %u fail, status: %d\n", __func__, t_reg, t_len, status); } @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static u32 rtw_usb_read(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 addr, u16 len) ret = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_rcvctrlpipe(udev, 0), RTW_USB_CMD_REQ, RTW_USB_CMD_READ, addr, RTW_USB_VENQT_CMD_IDX, data, len, 1000); - if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODEV && count++ < 4) + if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODEV && !rtwusb->switching_mode && count++ < 4) rtw_err(rtwdev, "read register 0x%x failed with %d\n", addr, ret); @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void rtw_usb_write(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u32 addr, u32 val, int len) ret = usb_control_msg(udev, usb_sndctrlpipe(udev, 0), RTW_USB_CMD_REQ, RTW_USB_CMD_WRITE, addr, 0, data, len, 500); - if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODEV && count++ < 4) + if (ret < 0 && ret != -ENODEV && !rtwusb->switching_mode && count++ < 4) rtw_err(rtwdev, "write register 0x%x failed with %d\n", addr, ret); @@ -1098,6 +1098,7 @@ static int rtw_usb_switch_mode_old(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev) rtw_write8(rtwdev, REG_ACLK_MON, 0x1); rtw_write8(rtwdev, 0x3d, 0x3); /* usb disconnect */ + rtwusb->switching_mode = true; rtw_write8(rtwdev, REG_SYS_PW_CTRL + 1, 0x80); return 1; } @@ -1111,6 +1112,7 @@ static int rtw_usb_switch_mode_old(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev) static int rtw_usb_switch_mode_new(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev) { + struct rtw_usb *rtwusb = rtw_get_usb_priv(rtwdev); enum usb_device_speed cur_speed; u8 id = rtwdev->chip->id; bool can_switch; @@ -1151,6 +1153,11 @@ static int rtw_usb_switch_mode_new(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev) rtw_write32(rtwdev, REG_PAD_CTRL2, pad_ctrl2); rtw_write8(rtwdev, REG_PAD_CTRL2 + 1, 4); + /* From here the chip powers off its MAC and re-enumerates, so it can + * leave the bus while a control transfer is still in flight. + */ + rtwusb->switching_mode = true; + rtw_write16_set(rtwdev, REG_SYS_PW_CTRL, BIT_APFM_OFFMAC); usleep_range(1000, 1001); rtw_write32_set(rtwdev, REG_PAD_CTRL2, BIT_NO_PDN_CHIPOFF_V1); diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h index 9b695b688..9d2825368 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/usb.h @@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ struct rtw_usb { struct sk_buff_head rx_free_queue; struct work_struct rx_work; struct work_struct rx_urb_work; + + /* the chip is re-enumerating, control transfers are expected to fail */ + bool switching_mode; }; static inline struct rtw_usb_tx_data *rtw_usb_get_tx_data(struct sk_buff *skb) -- 2.54.0