isochronous usb device forwarding with windows 10 and xhci freezes

[Florian Kaiser]

When I try to forward isochronous usb devices (webcam, HID-Audio) via usbredir into the VM, the devices work for a few minutes then the device stops working and stays that way until a VM reboot or a windows driver reload.
It does not matter if I use qemu-xhci or nec-xhci.
I can gather more information, if its helpful!

Windows build:
windows 10 pro 1803 jun 2018

Linux Version:
Fedora 28
$ uname -a
Linux 4.17.19-200.fc28.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Aug 24 15:47:41 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Qemu Version:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -version
QEMU emulator version 2.11.2(qemu-2.11.2-2.fc28)
Copyright (c) 2003-2017 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

Qemu command line:
/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -name guest=win10,debug-threads=on -S -object secret,id=masterKey0,format=raw,file=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-1-win10/master-key.aes -machine pc-q35-2.11,accel=kvm,usb=off,vmport=off,dump-guest-core=off -cpu Skylake-Client-IBRS,ss=on,hypervisor=on,tsc_adjust=on,clflushopt=on,ssbd=on,xsaves=on,pdpe1gb=on,hv_time,hv_relaxed,hv_vapic,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff -m 8192 -realtime mlock=off -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid 38b1258e-fea4-41fe-9e21-07c426c5b2b2 -no-user-config -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-1-win10/monitor.sock,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=localtime,driftfix=slew -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay -no-hpet -no-shutdown -global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=1 -global ICH9-LPC.disable_s4=1 -boot strict=on -device i82801b11-bridge,id=pci.1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1e -device pci-bridge,chassis_nr=2,id=pci.2,bus=pci.1,addr=0x0 -device pcie-root-port,port=0x10,chassis=3,id=pci.3,bus=pcie.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x2 -device pcie-root-port,port=0x11,chassis=4,id=pci.4,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x1 -device pcie-root-port,port=0x12,chassis=5,id=pci.5,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x2 -device pcie-root-port,port=0x13,chassis=6,id=pci.6,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x2.0x3 -device qemu-xhci,id=usb,bus=pci.3,addr=0x0 -device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.4,addr=0x0 -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/win10.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=drive-sata0-0-0 -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,drive=drive-sata0-0-0,id=sata0-0-0,bootindex=1 -drive file=/var/lib/libvirt/images/en_windows_10_multiple_editions_version_1803_jun_2018.iso,format=raw,if=none,id=drive-sata0-0-1,media=cdrom,readonly=on -device ide-cd,bus=ide.1,drive=drive-sata0-0-1,id=sata0-0-1 -netdev tap,fd=25,id=hostnet0 -device e1000,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:ab:33:11,bus=pci.2,addr=0x1 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -chardev spicevmc,id=charchannel0,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -device usb-tablet,id=input0,bus=usb.0,port=1 -spice port=5900,addr=127.0.0.1,disable-ticketing,image-compression=off,seamless-migration=on -device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,max_outputs=1,bus=pcie.0,addr=0x1 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir0,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir0,id=redir0,bus=usb.0,port=2 -chardev spicevmc,id=charredir1,name=usbredir -device usb-redir,chardev=charredir1,id=redir1,bus=usb.0,port=3 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.5,addr=0x0 -msg timestamp=on

Cheers,
Florian

[Florian Kaiser (fkaiser)]

I tried it again today with qemu master: 19b599f7664b2ebfd0f405fb79c14dd241557452
Unfortunately it did not work better than with qemu 2.11.2

[Daniel Herzinger (herzing)]

The same bug also occurs with Windows 7 Enterprise SP1.

[Florian Kaiser (fkaiser)]

How to reproduce:
1. download windows 10 iso april 2018 from here:
  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO?NavToggle=True
2. create a VM with virtmanager with q35 chipset and configure two usb redirect devices
(3. modify xml to use an xhci controller)
4. Install windows
5. redirect a usb soundcard or a usb headset into the VM
5. play some video and observe that it freezes after some time (1-20 mins)

[sameeh (sameeh-j)]

I have already posted a reply on Qemu-devel since everything posted here is automatically forwarded to Qemu-devel, however, the opposite is not true. So duplicating my reply on Qemu-devel:

How exactly do you use USB redirection: via virt-manager or via spice
client (like remote viewer)?
If via spice-client, on which OS the client runs? In this case running
it with --spice-debug and collecting logs from stdio and stderr could
be helpful.
Can you also provide a usbpcap capture of the usb device's traffic
from within the VM?

Thanks!

[Florian Kaiser (fkaiser)]

Oh sorry...
I am not subscribed to Qemu-devel yet.

I'm redirecting the usb devices via virt-manager.
Is there anything I can do?

I attached the pcap file!

Thank you very much!

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