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Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 00:40:46 +0200
From: "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
To: "Alan Stern" <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Subject: Re: Problem: irq 217: nobody cared + backtrace
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       linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
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On 04/08/06, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Jesper Juhl wrote:
>
> > On 03/08/06, Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has this happened more than once?
> >
> > Seems to happen consistently after ~100000 interrupts.
> >
> > >  In case it happens again, here's how
> > > you can get more information.  Turn on CONFIG_USB_DEBUG and
> > > CONFIG_DEBUG_FS, and mount a debugfs filesystem somewhere (say
> > > /sys/kernel/debug).  Then after the problem occurs, save a copy of
> > >
> > >         /sys/kernel/debug/uhci/0000:00:1d.1
> > >
> >
> > # cat /sys/kernel/debug/uhci/0000:00:1d.1
> > Root-hub state: auto-stopped   FSBR: 0
> > HC status
> >   usbcmd    =     0048   Maxp32 CF EGSM
> >   usbstat   =     0020   HCHalted
> >   usbint    =     0002
> >   usbfrnum  =   (1)160
> >   flbaseadd = 37428160
> >   sof       =       40
> >   stat1     =     0080
> >   stat2     =     0080
> > Most recent frame: 458 (88)   Last ISO frame: 458 (88)
> >
> >
> > > That will indicate whether the UHCI controller thinks it is sending an
> > > interrupt request.
>
> And it shows that the controller is idle.  No IRQ should be pending.
>
> > And just for completenes, here's the backtrace I got just before
> > saving the above info :
> >
> > irq 217: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
> >  [<c0103a3c>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x152/0x165
> >  [<c0103a5e>] show_trace+0xf/0x13
> >  [<c0103b59>] dump_stack+0x15/0x19
> >  [<c013846e>] __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x7f
> >  [<c0138552>] note_interrupt+0x6b/0xd5
> >  [<c0137ca8>] __do_IRQ+0xf4/0x100
> >  [<c01050a1>] do_IRQ+0x95/0xbc
> >  [<c0103502>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
> >  [<c0137b7e>] handle_IRQ_event+0x20/0x56
> >  [<c0137c4c>] __do_IRQ+0x98/0x100
> >  [<c01050a1>] do_IRQ+0x95/0xbc
> >  [<c0103502>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
> >  [<c0100e64>] mwait_idle+0x30/0x35
> >  [<c0100d45>] cpu_idle+0x78/0x81
> >  [<c04cc7fb>] start_kernel+0x173/0x19d
> >  [<c0100210>] 0xc0100210
> > DWARF2 unwinder stuck at 0xc0100210
> > Leftover inexact backtrace:
> >  =======================
> > handlers:
> > [<c02c5c22>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x53)
> > Disabling IRQ #217
>
> Just as before.
>
> I can't tell you what's causing this to happen, except that it appears to
> be some sort of hardware problem.

Hmm, the odd thing is that there are no USB devices connected at all.


>  Since it doesn't seem to cause any harm
> you could just live with it.
>
> Or, if you're not using any full-speed or low-speed USB devices, you could
> simply prevent uhci-hcd from loading at all.  Then IRQ 217 wouldn't get
> enabled in the first place.
>
True, that just seems like a hack...


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