On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 02:59:03PM +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 09:33:53PM +0800, liulongfang wrote:
> > On 2021/3/25 18:31, Greg KH wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 06:04:12PM +0800, Longfang Liu wrote:
> > >> When the number of ports of the hub is not between 1 and Maxports,
> > >> it will only exit the registration of the hub on the current controller,
> > >> but it will not affect the function of the controller itself. Its other
> > >> hubs can operate normally, so the log level here can be changed from
> > >> error to information.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: Longfang Liu <liulongf...@huawei.com>
> > >> ---
> > >> drivers/usb/core/hub.c | 10 ++++------
> > >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > >> index b1e14be..70294ad 100644
> > >> --- a/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > >> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/hub.c
> > >> @@ -1409,13 +1409,11 @@ static int hub_configure(struct usb_hub *hub,
> > >> maxchild = min_t(unsigned, maxchild, USB_SS_MAXPORTS);
> > >>
> > >> if (hub->descriptor->bNbrPorts > maxchild) {
> > >> - message = "hub has too many ports!";
> > >> - ret = -ENODEV;
> > >> - goto fail;
> > >> + dev_info(hub_dev, "hub has too many ports!\n");
> > >
> > > Is this an error? If so, report it as such, not as "information".
> > >
> > >> + return -ENODEV;
> > >> } else if (hub->descriptor->bNbrPorts == 0) {
> > >> - message = "hub doesn't have any ports!";
> > >> - ret = -ENODEV;
> > >> - goto fail;
> > >> + dev_info(hub_dev, "hub doesn't have any ports!\n");
> > >
> > > Same here.
> > >
> > > What problem are you trying to solve here?
> > >
> > > What hub do you have that has no ports, or too many, that you think
> > > should still be able to work properly?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > greg k-h
> > > .
> > On our test platform, the xhci usb3 hub has no port.
>
> Sounds like a broken device, why not fix that?
If this device is used only for testing and not for production, who
cares how severe the log message is?
> > when initializing the usb3 hub, an error will be reported
> > because the port is 0, but in fact it will not affect
> > the use of usb2, and the usb2 hub is working normally.
>
> But you can not have a USB3 hub with no ports, isn't that against
> against the USB spec? How does this device pass the USB-IF
> certification?
>
> > thanks, therefore, in order to reduce the severity of the log,
> > we hope to lower the level of this log.
>
> You did not reduce the severity at all, everyone can still see it.
>
> Please try fixing your hardware :
Alternatively, you could change the xhci-hcd driver. Make it skip
registering the USB-3 root hub if that hub has no ports.
But don't change these log messages. They describe real errors, so they
should be actual error messages.
Alan Stern
