Re: uhci_hcd: Possible corruption of DMA pool uhci->td_pool

[Alan Stern]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2013, Eugene Shatokhin wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On ROSA Linux with kernel 3.10.21 with DMA debug options enabled, the 
> kernel sometimes issues a warning about DMA pool corruption (see the log 
> below).
> 
> That happens sometimes, when the system boots or resumes from 
> hibernation with Samson C01U USB microphone attached.
> 
> The affected DMA pool is 'uhci->td_pool', uhci_alloc_td() from 
> drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c makes the relevant dma_pool_alloc() calls.
> 
> Any ideas about how to find what causes this and how to fix it?

This is not an easy sort of thing to track down...

> Here is the relevant part of the system log:
> ----------------------------
> [   22.264332] usb 2-1: new full-speed USB device number 2 using uhci_hcd
> [   22.450609] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=17a0, idProduct=0001
> [   22.450626] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, 
> SerialNumber=0
> [   22.450639] usb 2-1: Product: Samson C01U
> [   22.450649] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Samson Technologies
> <...>
> [  280.703483] retire_capture_urb: 4494 callbacks suppressed
> [  284.961087] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: dma_pool_alloc uhci_td, efb7b060 
> (corruped)
> [  284.961087] 00000000: 00 06 00 00 af 00 00 03 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 
>   ................
> [  284.961087] 00000010: a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 
>   ................
> [  284.961087] 00000020: a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 
>   ................
> [  284.961087] retire_capture_urb: 4343 callbacks suppressed
> [  284.961087] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: dma_pool_alloc uhci_td, efb7b5d0 
> (corruped)
> [  284.961087] 00000000: 00 06 00 00 af 00 00 03 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 
>   ................
> [  284.961087] 00000010: a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 
>   ................
> [  284.961087] 00000020: a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 a7 
>   ................
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> [  284.961087] cannot submit urb (err = -27)
> ----------------------------
> 
> 0xa7 is POOL_POISON_FREED. The memory pages to be allocated from the 
> pool should be filled with such bytes.
> 
> Each time I observed this problem, the first 8 bytes of the listed 
> memory area were overwritten, with different data each time.

It kind of looks like a hardware bug.  Still, it's hard to say.

Can you test the current 3.13-rc kernel?  There have been a few recent 
changes in this area that might have an effect.

Alan Stern

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