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From:   Puma Hsu <pumahsu@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Dec 2021 18:21:05 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] xhci: re-initialize the HC during resume if HCE was set
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc:     mathias.nyman@intel.com, Albert Wang <albertccwang@google.com>,
        linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 5:51 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 05:11:47PM +0800, Puma Hsu wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 4:30 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
> > > Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
> > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> > > A: Top-posting.
> > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> > >
> > > A: No.
> > > Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
> > >
> > > http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top
> > >
> > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 01:53:04PM +0800, Puma Hsu wrote:
> > > > This commit is not used to fix a specific commit. We find a condition
> > > > that when XHCI runs the resume process but the HCE flag is set, then
> > > > the Run/Stop bit of USBCMD cannot be set so that HC would not be
> > > > enabled. In fact, HC may already meet a problem at this moment.
> > > > Besides, in xHCI requirements specification revision 1.2, Table 5-21
> > > > BIT(12) claims that Software should re-initialize the xHC when HCE is
> > > > set. Therefore, I think this commit could be the error handling for
> > > > HCE.
> > >
> > > So this does not actually fix an issue that you have seen in any device
> > > or testing?  So it is not relevant for older kernels but just "nice to
> > > have"?
> > >
> > > How did you test this if you can not duplicate the problem?
> > >
> >
> > Yes, we actually see that the HCE may be detected while running xhci_resume
> > on our product platform, so I'm able to verify this commit can fix
> > such a condition.
>
> Given that your product platform is an older kernel version than 5.17, I
> think that you also want this in the older kernel releases, so please
> mark it for stable backporting.
>
Thank you for advising.
Could I know how to do this? Just add "Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>"
to the commit message?

Thanks.
Puma Hsu