[PATCH] ALSA: usb-audio: allow -EPIPE errors for some v2 messages

Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Mon Oct 11 17:28:15 CEST 2021


On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 10:25:09PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2021 14:22:41 +0200,
> Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 
> > The Schiit Hel device does not like to respond to all get_ctl_value_v2()
> > requests for some reason.  This used to work in older kernels, but now
> > with more strict checking, this failure causes the device to fail to
> > work.
> > 
> > Cc: Jaroslav Kysela <perex at perex.cz>
> > Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> > ---
> > 
> > This fixes the Shiit Hel device that I have.  It used to work on older
> > kernels (a year ago?), but stopped working for some reason and I didn't
> > take the time to track it down.  This change fixes the issue for me, but
> > feels wrong for some reason.  At least now I can use the device as a
> > headphone driver, much better than the built-in one for my current
> > machine...
> > 
> > If needed, I can take the time to do bisection to track down the real
> > issue here, it might be due to stricter endpoint checking in the USB
> > core, but that feels wrong somehow.
> > 
> > Here's the debugfs USB output for this device, showing the endpoints:
> > 
> > T:  Bus=07 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#=  5 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
> > D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=ef(misc ) Sub=02 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
> > P:  Vendor=30be ProdID=0101 Rev=01.02
> > S:  Manufacturer=Schiit Audio
> > S:  Product=Schiit Hel
> > C:  #Ifs= 4 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=0mA
> > I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=01 Prot=20 Driver=snd-usb-audio
> > E:  Ad=8f(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   6 Ivl=1ms
> > I:  If#= 1 Alt= 1 #EPs= 2 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=20 Driver=snd-usb-audio
> > E:  Ad=05(O) Atr=05(Isoc) MxPS= 104 Ivl=125us
> > E:  Ad=85(I) Atr=11(Isoc) MxPS=   4 Ivl=1ms
> > I:  If#= 2 Alt= 1 #EPs= 1 Cls=01(audio) Sub=02 Prot=20 Driver=snd-usb-audio
> > E:  Ad=88(I) Atr=05(Isoc) MxPS= 156 Ivl=125us
> > I:  If#= 3 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=03(HID  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=usbhid
> > E:  Ad=84(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=  16 Ivl=1ms
> > 
> > Any other suggestions to fix this are welcome.
> 
> Could you show the exact error messages and lsusb -v output?
> We may paper over only the problematic node instead.

Sure, here's the dmesg output on 5.15-rc5 when it is turned on:

[Oct11 17:25] usb 7-2.2: new high-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[  +0.122422] usb 7-2.2: New USB device found, idVendor=30be, idProduct=0101, bcdDevice= 1.02
[  +0.000009] usb 7-2.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[  +0.000002] usb 7-2.2: Product: Schiit Hel
[  +0.000002] usb 7-2.2: Manufacturer: Schiit Audio
[  +0.327172] input: Schiit Audio Schiit Hel as /devices/pci0000:40/0000:40:01.1/0000:41:00.0/0000:42:08.0/0000:47:00.1/usb7/7-2/7-2.2/7-2.2:1.3/0003:30BE:0101.0009/input/input21
[  +0.055134] hid-generic 0003:30BE:0101.0009: input,hidraw8: USB HID v1.00 Device [Schiit Audio Schiit Hel] on usb-0000:47:00.1-2.2/input3
[  +0.135988] usb 7-2.2: cannot get ctl value: req = 0x81, wValue = 0x100, wIndex = 0x1100, type = 1
[  +0.060647] usb 7-2.2: cannot get ctl value: req = 0x81, wValue = 0x100, wIndex = 0x1100, type = 1
[  +0.065362] usb 7-2.2: cannot get ctl value: req = 0x81, wValue = 0x100, wIndex = 0x1100, type = 1
[  +0.192121] usb 7-2.2: cannot get ctl value: req = 0x81, wValue = 0x100, wIndex = 0x1100, type = 1


And here is the 'lsusb -v' output of the device.


Bus 007 Device 009: ID 30be:0101 Schiit Audio Schiit Hel
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceSubClass         2 
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x30be 
  idProduct          0x0101 
  bcdDevice            1.02
  iManufacturer           1 Schiit Audio
  iProduct                2 Schiit Hel
  iSerial                 0 
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength       0x0198
    bNumInterfaces          4
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0 
    bmAttributes         0xc0
      Self Powered
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Association:
      bLength                 8
      bDescriptorType        11
      bFirstInterface         0
      bInterfaceCount         3
      bFunctionClass          1 Audio
      bFunctionSubClass       0 
      bFunctionProtocol      32 
      iFunction               0 
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      1 Control Device
      bInterfaceProtocol     32 
      iInterface              0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 9
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      1 (HEADER)
        bcdADC               2.00
        bCategory              10
        wTotalLength       0x0100
        bmControls           0x00
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                17
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
        bTerminalID             1
        wTerminalType      0x0101 USB Streaming
        bAssocTerminal          0
        bCSourceID             18
        bNrChannels             0
        bmChannelConfig    0x00000000
        iChannelNames           0 
        bmControls         0x0040
          Cluster Control (read-only)
        iTerminal               0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                17
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (INPUT_TERMINAL)
        bTerminalID             5
        wTerminalType      0x0201 Microphone
        bAssocTerminal          0
        bCSourceID             22
        bNrChannels             2
        bmChannelConfig    0x00000003
          Front Left (FL)
          Front Right (FR)
        iChannelNames           0 
        bmControls         0x0044
          Connector Control (read-only)
          Cluster Control (read-only)
        iTerminal               0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                12
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL)
        bTerminalID             7
        wTerminalType      0x0301 Speaker
        bAssocTerminal          0
        bSourceID              13
        bCSourceID             18
        bmControls         0x0004
          Connector Control (read-only)
        iTerminal               0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                12
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      3 (OUTPUT_TERMINAL)
        bTerminalID            11
        wTerminalType      0x0101 USB Streaming
        bAssocTerminal          0
        bSourceID              17
        bCSourceID             22
        bmControls         0x0000
        iTerminal               0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                18
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
        bUnitID                13
        bSourceID               1
        bmaControls(0)     0x00000003
          Mute Control (read/write)
        bmaControls(1)     0x00000000
        bmaControls(2)     0x00000000
        iFeature                0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                18
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      6 (FEATURE_UNIT)
        bUnitID                17
        bSourceID               5
        bmaControls(0)     0x00000003
          Mute Control (read/write)
        bmaControls(1)     0x00000000
        bmaControls(2)     0x00000000
        iFeature                0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 8
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype     10 (CLOCK_SOURCE)
        bClockID               18
        bmAttributes            3 Internal programmable clock 
        bmControls           0x07
          Clock Frequency Control (read/write)
          Clock Validity Control (read-only)
        bAssocTerminal          0
        iClockSource            0 
      AudioControl Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 8
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype     10 (CLOCK_SOURCE)
        bClockID               22
        bmAttributes            3 Internal programmable clock 
        bmControls           0x07
          Clock Frequency Control (read/write)
          Clock Validity Control (read-only)
        bAssocTerminal          0
        iClockSource            0 
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x8f  EP 15 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0006  1x 6 bytes
        bInterval               4
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           0
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol     32 
      iInterface              4 Schiit Hel
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       1
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol     32 
      iInterface              0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                16
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      1 (AS_GENERAL)
        bTerminalLink           1
        bmControls           0x05
          Active Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
          Valid Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
        bFormatType             1
        bmFormats          0x00000001
          PCM
        bNrChannels             2
        bmChannelConfig    0x00000003
          Front Left (FL)
          Front Right (FR)
        iChannelNames           0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 6
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
        bFormatType             1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
        bSubslotSize            2
        bBitResolution         16
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x05  EP 5 OUT
        bmAttributes            5
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               Asynchronous
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0068  1x 104 bytes
        bInterval               1
        AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
          bLength                 8
          bDescriptorType        37
          bDescriptorSubtype      1 (EP_GENERAL)
          bmAttributes         0x00
          bmControls           0x00
          bLockDelayUnits         0 Undefined
          wLockDelay         0x0000
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x85  EP 5 IN
        bmAttributes           17
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Feedback
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval               4
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       2
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol     32 
      iInterface              0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                16
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      1 (AS_GENERAL)
        bTerminalLink           1
        bmControls           0x05
          Active Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
          Valid Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
        bFormatType             1
        bmFormats          0x00000001
          PCM
        bNrChannels             2
        bmChannelConfig    0x00000003
          Front Left (FL)
          Front Right (FR)
        iChannelNames           0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 6
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
        bFormatType             1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
        bSubslotSize            3
        bBitResolution         24
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x05  EP 5 OUT
        bmAttributes            5
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               Asynchronous
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x009c  1x 156 bytes
        bInterval               1
        AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
          bLength                 8
          bDescriptorType        37
          bDescriptorSubtype      1 (EP_GENERAL)
          bmAttributes         0x00
          bmControls           0x00
          bLockDelayUnits         0 Undefined
          wLockDelay         0x0000
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x85  EP 5 IN
        bmAttributes           17
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Feedback
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval               4
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        1
      bAlternateSetting       3
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol     32 
      iInterface              0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                16
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      1 (AS_GENERAL)
        bTerminalLink           1
        bmControls           0x05
          Active Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
          Valid Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
        bFormatType             1
        bmFormats          0x00000001
          PCM
        bNrChannels             2
        bmChannelConfig    0x00000003
          Front Left (FL)
          Front Right (FR)
        iChannelNames           0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 6
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
        bFormatType             1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
        bSubslotSize            4
        bBitResolution         32
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x05  EP 5 OUT
        bmAttributes            5
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               Asynchronous
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x00d0  1x 208 bytes
        bInterval               1
        AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
          bLength                 8
          bDescriptorType        37
          bDescriptorSubtype      1 (EP_GENERAL)
          bmAttributes         0x00
          bmControls           0x00
          bLockDelayUnits         0 Undefined
          wLockDelay         0x0000
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x85  EP 5 IN
        bmAttributes           17
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Feedback
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0004  1x 4 bytes
        bInterval               4
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        2
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           0
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol     32 
      iInterface              6 Schiit Hel
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        2
      bAlternateSetting       1
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         1 Audio
      bInterfaceSubClass      2 Streaming
      bInterfaceProtocol     32 
      iInterface              0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                16
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      1 (AS_GENERAL)
        bTerminalLink          11
        bmControls           0x05
          Active Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
          Valid Alternate Setting Control (read-only)
        bFormatType             1
        bmFormats          0x00000001
          PCM
        bNrChannels             2
        bmChannelConfig    0x00000003
          Front Left (FL)
          Front Right (FR)
        iChannelNames           0 
      AudioStreaming Interface Descriptor:
        bLength                 6
        bDescriptorType        36
        bDescriptorSubtype      2 (FORMAT_TYPE)
        bFormatType             1 (FORMAT_TYPE_I)
        bSubslotSize            3
        bBitResolution         24
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x88  EP 8 IN
        bmAttributes            5
          Transfer Type            Isochronous
          Synch Type               Asynchronous
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x009c  1x 156 bytes
        bInterval               1
        AudioStreaming Endpoint Descriptor:
          bLength                 8
          bDescriptorType        37
          bDescriptorSubtype      1 (EP_GENERAL)
          bmAttributes         0x00
          bmControls           0x00
          bLockDelayUnits         0 Undefined
          wLockDelay         0x0000
    Interface Association:
      bLength                 8
      bDescriptorType        11
      bFirstInterface         3
      bInterfaceCount         1
      bFunctionClass          3 Human Interface Device
      bFunctionSubClass       0 
      bFunctionProtocol       0 
      iFunction               0 
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        3
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         3 Human Interface Device
      bInterfaceSubClass      0 
      bInterfaceProtocol      0 
      iInterface              0 
        HID Device Descriptor:
          bLength                 9
          bDescriptorType        33
          bcdHID               1.00
          bCountryCode            0 Not supported
          bNumDescriptors         1
          bDescriptorType        34 Report
          wDescriptorLength      50
         Report Descriptors: 
           ** UNAVAILABLE **
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x84  EP 4 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0010  1x 16 bytes
        bInterval               4
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass          239 Miscellaneous Device
  bDeviceSubClass         2 
  bDeviceProtocol         1 Interface Association
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0001
  Self Powered


I can easily test any proposed patches :)

thanks,

greg k-h


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