On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 06:50:07PM +0100, Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote:
When the device is disconnected we get the following messages showing failed operations: Nov 28 20:22:11 localhost kernel: usb 2-3: USB disconnect, device number 2 Nov 28 20:22:11 localhost kernel: ax88179_178a 2-3:1.0 enp2s0u3: unregister 'ax88179_178a' usb-0000:02:00.0-3, ASIX AX88179 USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Nov 28 20:22:11 localhost kernel: ax88179_178a 2-3:1.0 enp2s0u3: Failed to read reg index 0x0002: -19 Nov 28 20:22:11 localhost kernel: ax88179_178a 2-3:1.0 enp2s0u3: Failed to write reg index 0x0002: -19 Nov 28 20:22:11 localhost kernel: ax88179_178a 2-3:1.0 enp2s0u3 (unregistered): Failed to write reg index 0x0002: -19 Nov 28 20:22:11 localhost kernel: ax88179_178a 2-3:1.0 enp2s0u3 (unregistered): Failed to write reg index 0x0001: -19 Nov 28 20:22:11 localhost kernel: ax88179_178a 2-3:1.0 enp2s0u3 (unregistered): Failed to write reg index 0x0002: -19
The reason is that although the device is detached, normal stop and unbind operations are commanded from the driver. These operations are not necessary in this situation, so avoid these logs when the device is detached if the result of the operation is -ENODEV and if the new flag informing about the disconnecting status is enabled.
cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: e2ca90c276e1f ("ax88179_178a: ASIX AX88179_178A USB 3.0/2.0 to gigabit ethernet adapter driver") Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez jtornosm@redhat.com
V1 -> V2:
- Follow the suggestions from Alan Stern and Oliver Neukum to check the
result of the operations (-ENODEV) and not the internal state of the USB layer (USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED). V2 -> V3
- Add cc: stable line in the signed-off-by area.
V3 -> V4
- Follow the suggestions from Oliver Neukum to use only one flag when
disconnecting and include barriers to avoid memory ordering issues. V4 -> V5
- Fix my misundestanding and follow the suggestion from Alan Stern to
syncronize and not order the flag. V5 -> V6
- Remove the unnecessary mutex. Thank you Alan for your teaching and
patience!
Acked-by: Alan Stern stern@rowland.harvard.edu