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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/error-codes.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/error-codes.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9c11a0fd16cb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/error-codes.rst @@ -0,0 +1,205 @@ +USB Error codes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +:Revised: 2004-Oct-21 + +This is the documentation of (hopefully) all possible error codes (and +their interpretation) that can be returned from usbcore. + +Some of them are returned by the Host Controller Drivers (HCDs), which +device drivers only see through usbcore. As a rule, all the HCDs should +behave the same except for transfer speed dependent behaviors and the +way certain faults are reported. + + +Error codes returned by :c:func:`usb_submit_urb` +================================================ + +Non-USB-specific: + + +=============== =============================================== +0 URB submission went fine + +``-ENOMEM`` no memory for allocation of internal structures +=============== =============================================== + +USB-specific: + +======================= ======================================================= +``-EBUSY`` The URB is already active. + +``-ENODEV`` specified USB-device or bus doesn't exist + +``-ENOENT`` specified interface or endpoint does not exist or + is not enabled + +``-ENXIO`` host controller driver does not support queuing of + this type of urb. (treat as a host controller bug.) + +``-EINVAL`` a) Invalid transfer type specified (or not supported) + b) Invalid or unsupported periodic transfer interval + c) ISO: attempted to change transfer interval + d) ISO: ``number_of_packets`` is < 0 + e) various other cases + +``-EXDEV`` ISO: ``URB_ISO_ASAP`` wasn't specified and all the + frames the URB would be scheduled in have already + expired. + +``-EFBIG`` Host controller driver can't schedule that many ISO + frames. + +``-EPIPE`` The pipe type specified in the URB doesn't match the + endpoint's actual type. + +``-EMSGSIZE`` (a) endpoint maxpacket size is zero; it is not usable + in the current interface altsetting. + (b) ISO packet is larger than the endpoint maxpacket. + (c) requested data transfer length is invalid: negative + or too large for the host controller. + +``-ENOSPC`` This request would overcommit the usb bandwidth reserved + for periodic transfers (interrupt, isochronous). + +``-ESHUTDOWN`` The device or host controller has been disabled due to + some problem that could not be worked around. + +``-EPERM`` Submission failed because ``urb->reject`` was set. + +``-EHOSTUNREACH`` URB was rejected because the device is suspended. + +``-ENOEXEC`` A control URB doesn't contain a Setup packet. +======================= ======================================================= + +Error codes returned by ``in urb->status`` or in ``iso_frame_desc[n].status`` (for ISO) +======================================================================================= + +USB device drivers may only test urb status values in completion handlers. +This is because otherwise there would be a race between HCDs updating +these values on one CPU, and device drivers testing them on another CPU. + +A transfer's actual_length may be positive even when an error has been +reported. That's because transfers often involve several packets, so that +one or more packets could finish before an error stops further endpoint I/O. + +For isochronous URBs, the urb status value is non-zero only if the URB is +unlinked, the device is removed, the host controller is disabled, or the total +transferred length is less than the requested length and the +``URB_SHORT_NOT_OK`` flag is set. Completion handlers for isochronous URBs +should only see ``urb->status`` set to zero, ``-ENOENT``, ``-ECONNRESET``, +``-ESHUTDOWN``, or ``-EREMOTEIO``. Individual frame descriptor status fields +may report more status codes. + + +=============================== =============================================== +0 Transfer completed successfully + +``-ENOENT`` URB was synchronously unlinked by + :c:func:`usb_unlink_urb` + +``-EINPROGRESS`` URB still pending, no results yet + (That is, if drivers see this it's a bug.) + +``-EPROTO`` [#f1]_, [#f2]_ a) bitstuff error + b) no response packet received within the + prescribed bus turn-around time + c) unknown USB error + +``-EILSEQ`` [#f1]_, [#f2]_ a) CRC mismatch + b) no response packet received within the + prescribed bus turn-around time + c) unknown USB error + + Note that often the controller hardware does + not distinguish among cases a), b), and c), so + a driver cannot tell whether there was a + protocol error, a failure to respond (often + caused by device disconnect), or some other + fault. + +``-ETIME`` [#f2]_ No response packet received within the + prescribed bus turn-around time. This error + may instead be reported as + ``-EPROTO`` or ``-EILSEQ``. + +``-ETIMEDOUT`` Synchronous USB message functions use this code + to indicate timeout expired before the transfer + completed, and no other error was reported + by HC. + +``-EPIPE`` [#f2]_ Endpoint stalled. For non-control endpoints, + reset this status with + :c:func:`usb_clear_halt`. + +``-ECOMM`` During an IN transfer, the host controller + received data from an endpoint faster than it + could be written to system memory + +``-ENOSR`` During an OUT transfer, the host controller + could not retrieve data from system memory fast + enough to keep up with the USB data rate + +``-EOVERFLOW`` [#f1]_ The amount of data returned by the endpoint was + greater than either the max packet size of the + endpoint or the remaining buffer size. + "Babble". + +``-EREMOTEIO`` The data read from the endpoint did not fill + the specified buffer, and ``URB_SHORT_NOT_OK`` + was set in ``urb->transfer_flags``. + +``-ENODEV`` Device was removed. Often preceded by a burst + of other errors, since the hub driver doesn't + detect device removal events immediately. + +``-EXDEV`` ISO transfer only partially completed + (only set in ``iso_frame_desc[n].status``, + not ``urb->status``) + +``-EINVAL`` ISO madness, if this happens: Log off and + go home + +``-ECONNRESET`` URB was asynchronously unlinked by + :c:func:`usb_unlink_urb` + +``-ESHUTDOWN`` The device or host controller has been + disabled due to some problem that could not + be worked around, such as a physical + disconnect. +=============================== =============================================== + + +.. [#f1] + + Error codes like ``-EPROTO``, ``-EILSEQ`` and ``-EOVERFLOW`` normally + indicate hardware problems such as bad devices (including firmware) + or cables. + +.. [#f2] + + This is also one of several codes that different kinds of host + controller use to indicate a transfer has failed because of device + disconnect. In the interval before the hub driver starts disconnect + processing, devices may receive such fault reports for every request. + + + +Error codes returned by usbcore-functions +========================================= + +.. note:: expect also other submit and transfer status codes + +:c:func:`usb_register`: + +======================= =================================== +``-EINVAL`` error during registering new driver +======================= =================================== + +``usb_get_*/usb_set_*()``, +:c:func:`usb_control_msg`, +:c:func:`usb_bulk_msg()`: + +======================= ============================================== +``-ETIMEDOUT`` Timeout expired before the transfer completed. +======================= ============================================== diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/index.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/index.rst index d7610777784b..1e2a0c54eb3d 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/usb/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/usb/index.rst @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Linux USB API callbacks dma power-management + error-codes writing_usb_driver writing_musb_glue_layer diff --git a/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt b/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9c3eb845ebe5..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/usb/error-codes.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,175 +0,0 @@ -Revised: 2004-Oct-21 - -This is the documentation of (hopefully) all possible error codes (and -their interpretation) that can be returned from usbcore. - -Some of them are returned by the Host Controller Drivers (HCDs), which -device drivers only see through usbcore. As a rule, all the HCDs should -behave the same except for transfer speed dependent behaviors and the -way certain faults are reported. - - -************************************************************************** -* Error codes returned by usb_submit_urb * -************************************************************************** - -Non-USB-specific: - -0 URB submission went fine - --ENOMEM no memory for allocation of internal structures - -USB-specific: - --EBUSY The URB is already active. - --ENODEV specified USB-device or bus doesn't exist - --ENOENT specified interface or endpoint does not exist or - is not enabled - --ENXIO host controller driver does not support queuing of this type - of urb. (treat as a host controller bug.) - --EINVAL a) Invalid transfer type specified (or not supported) - b) Invalid or unsupported periodic transfer interval - c) ISO: attempted to change transfer interval - d) ISO: number_of_packets is < 0 - e) various other cases - --EXDEV ISO: URB_ISO_ASAP wasn't specified and all the frames - the URB would be scheduled in have already expired. - --EFBIG Host controller driver can't schedule that many ISO frames. - --EPIPE The pipe type specified in the URB doesn't match the - endpoint's actual type. - --EMSGSIZE (a) endpoint maxpacket size is zero; it is not usable - in the current interface altsetting. - (b) ISO packet is larger than the endpoint maxpacket. - (c) requested data transfer length is invalid: negative - or too large for the host controller. - --ENOSPC This request would overcommit the usb bandwidth reserved - for periodic transfers (interrupt, isochronous). - --ESHUTDOWN The device or host controller has been disabled due to some - problem that could not be worked around. - --EPERM Submission failed because urb->reject was set. - --EHOSTUNREACH URB was rejected because the device is suspended. - --ENOEXEC A control URB doesn't contain a Setup packet. - - -************************************************************************** -* Error codes returned by in urb->status * -* or in iso_frame_desc[n].status (for ISO) * -************************************************************************** - -USB device drivers may only test urb status values in completion handlers. -This is because otherwise there would be a race between HCDs updating -these values on one CPU, and device drivers testing them on another CPU. - -A transfer's actual_length may be positive even when an error has been -reported. That's because transfers often involve several packets, so that -one or more packets could finish before an error stops further endpoint I/O. - -For isochronous URBs, the urb status value is non-zero only if the URB is -unlinked, the device is removed, the host controller is disabled, or the total -transferred length is less than the requested length and the URB_SHORT_NOT_OK -flag is set. Completion handlers for isochronous URBs should only see -urb->status set to zero, -ENOENT, -ECONNRESET, -ESHUTDOWN, or -EREMOTEIO. -Individual frame descriptor status fields may report more status codes. - - -0 Transfer completed successfully - --ENOENT URB was synchronously unlinked by usb_unlink_urb - --EINPROGRESS URB still pending, no results yet - (That is, if drivers see this it's a bug.) - --EPROTO (*, **) a) bitstuff error - b) no response packet received within the - prescribed bus turn-around time - c) unknown USB error - --EILSEQ (*, **) a) CRC mismatch - b) no response packet received within the - prescribed bus turn-around time - c) unknown USB error - - Note that often the controller hardware does not - distinguish among cases a), b), and c), so a - driver cannot tell whether there was a protocol - error, a failure to respond (often caused by - device disconnect), or some other fault. - --ETIME (**) No response packet received within the prescribed - bus turn-around time. This error may instead be - reported as -EPROTO or -EILSEQ. - --ETIMEDOUT Synchronous USB message functions use this code - to indicate timeout expired before the transfer - completed, and no other error was reported by HC. - --EPIPE (**) Endpoint stalled. For non-control endpoints, - reset this status with usb_clear_halt(). - --ECOMM During an IN transfer, the host controller - received data from an endpoint faster than it - could be written to system memory - --ENOSR During an OUT transfer, the host controller - could not retrieve data from system memory fast - enough to keep up with the USB data rate - --EOVERFLOW (*) The amount of data returned by the endpoint was - greater than either the max packet size of the - endpoint or the remaining buffer size. "Babble". - --EREMOTEIO The data read from the endpoint did not fill the - specified buffer, and URB_SHORT_NOT_OK was set in - urb->transfer_flags. - --ENODEV Device was removed. Often preceded by a burst of - other errors, since the hub driver doesn't detect - device removal events immediately. - --EXDEV ISO transfer only partially completed - (only set in iso_frame_desc[n].status, not urb->status) - --EINVAL ISO madness, if this happens: Log off and go home - --ECONNRESET URB was asynchronously unlinked by usb_unlink_urb - --ESHUTDOWN The device or host controller has been disabled due - to some problem that could not be worked around, - such as a physical disconnect. - - -(*) Error codes like -EPROTO, -EILSEQ and -EOVERFLOW normally indicate -hardware problems such as bad devices (including firmware) or cables. - -(**) This is also one of several codes that different kinds of host -controller use to indicate a transfer has failed because of device -disconnect. In the interval before the hub driver starts disconnect -processing, devices may receive such fault reports for every request. - - - -************************************************************************** -* Error codes returned by usbcore-functions * -* (expect also other submit and transfer status codes) * -************************************************************************** - -usb_register(): --EINVAL error during registering new driver - -usb_get_*/usb_set_*(): -usb_control_msg(): -usb_bulk_msg(): --ETIMEDOUT Timeout expired before the transfer completed. |