ath9k-htc on OHCI -> bogus usb xfer

[Alexey Brodkin]

Hi Oleksij,

On Tue, 2016-07-05 at 19:23 +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am 05.07.2016 um 14:20 schrieb Alexey Brodkin:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Looks like this is another manifestation of already seen problem with ath9k-htc
> > and OHCI controller.
> > 
> > I'm trying to get USB Wi-Fi dongle based on Atheros AR9271 to work with our
> > development board (this is Synopsys AXS103) and seeing a picture very similar to
> > what was discussed here http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.usb.general/110847
> > 
> > Below is what I see on insertion of the dongle.
> > Note I have the most recent ath9k-htc firmware (see "ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw"
> > in the log below) and Linux kernel is 4.6.3 (latest stable as of today) but the same
> > happens even on 4.4.
> > 
> > Interesting enough if I simply remove or disable the warning like that
> > ------------------------>8---------------------------
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
> > index 3d27477..a317e1e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
> > @@ -443,11 +443,6 @@ int usb_submit_urb(struct urb *urb, gfp_t mem_flags)
> >          * cause problems in HCDs if they get it wrong.
> >          */
> >  
> > -       /* Check that the pipe's type matches the endpoint's type */
> > -       if (usb_pipetype(urb->pipe) != pipetypes[xfertype])
> > -               dev_WARN(&dev->dev, "BOGUS urb xfer, pipe %x != type %x\n",
> > -                       usb_pipetype(urb->pipe), pipetypes[xfertype]);
> > -
> >         /* Check against a simple/standard policy */
> >         allowed = (URB_NO_TRANSFER_DMA_MAP | URB_NO_INTERRUPT | URB_DIR_MASK |
> >                         URB_FREE_BUFFER);
> > ------------------------>8---------------------------
> > everything seem to work quite nice.
> > 
> > Any thoughts are much appreciated.
> > 
> > That's the log itself:
> > ------------------------>8---------------------------
> > usb 1-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-platform
> > usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Firmware ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw requested
> > usb 1-1: ath9k_htc: Transferred FW: ath9k_htc/htc_9271-1.4.0.fw, size: 51008
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:450 usb_submit_urb+0x162/0x404
> > usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 1 != type 3
> > Modules linked in:
> > CPU: 0 PID: 4 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 4.6.3 #10
> > Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
> > 
> > Stack Trace:
> >   arc_unwind_core.constprop.1+0x94/0x10c
> > ---[ end trace 2249b79eac9991d1 ]---
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:450 usb_submit_urb+0x162/0x404
> > usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 1 != type 3
> > Modules linked in:
> > CPU: 0 PID: 4 Comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: G        W       4.6.3 #10
> > Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
> > 
> > Stack Trace:
> >   arc_unwind_core.constprop.1+0x94/0x10c
> > ---[ end trace 2249b79eac9991d2 ]---
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 4 at drivers/usb/core/urb.c:450 usb_submit_urb+0x162/0x404
> > usb 1-1: BOGUS urb xfer, pipe 1 != type 3
> > Modules linked in:
> > CPU: 0 PID: 4 Comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: G        W       4.6.3 #10
> > Workqueue: events request_firmware_work_func
> > 
> > Stack Trace:
> >   arc_unwind_core.constprop.1+0x94/0x10c
> > ---[ end trace 2249b79eac9991d3 ]---
> > 
> 
> please send content of hif_usb_send_regout() from your source code.
> It is located in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c

I use vanilla 4.6.3 tree so that's what I have is the same as
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c?h=linu
x-4.6.y#n99

-Alexey