[PATCH v4 1/1] Bluetooth: btusb: support larger LE packets on TP-Link UB500

[Kyle Pepper]

The TP-Link UB500 (2357:0604) with RTL8761BU firmware 0xdfc6d922
reports an LE HCI packet length of 27 bytes and eight packets. It
separately reports a maximum Link Layer TX data length of 251 bytes.
Direct HCI user-channel transfers verified intact reception and
completion of sixteen 251-byte packets, with one outstanding at a time.

Use 251-byte LE HCI packets automatically on this device when its
reported values match. Limit both the initial LE credits and their
refill ceiling to one, matching the verified number of outstanding
enlarged packets. Leave BR/EDR buffer fields unchanged.

Skip the override when the reported values differ instead of failing
controller initialization. A different firmware revision can continue
using its reported HCI buffers.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Kyle Pepper <cochcoder@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v4:
- Skip mismatched buffer reports without failing controller bring-up.
- Limit enlarged LE packets to one initial and refill credit.
- Submit as PATCH v4 and shorten the source wording.

The first two changes address Sashiko review 219856:
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261029023235.1280321-1-cochcoder%40proton.me

Validation: baseline and revised btusb_main.o compile with W=1; strict
checkpatch and compiled callback regression controls pass. The earlier
raw-radio capture verifies 48 intact payloads and completions: sixteen
each at 27, 167 and 251 bytes, with one outstanding packet at a time.

The Link Layer maximum is not a measurement of HCI storage capacity.
The revised callback has not been exercised on hardware. Sustained audio,
mixed BR/EDR traffic, other firmware and exceptional congestion remain
unverified. The override applies automatically only to the matching UB500
device and the observed buffer reports.

 drivers/bluetooth/btusb_main.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb_main.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb_main.c
index 92a78a7e6..b32d3acc6 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/btusb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btusb_main.c
@@ -2972,6 +2972,21 @@ static int btusb_setup_realtek(struct hci_dev *hdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int btusb_ub500_post_init(struct hci_dev *hdev)
+{
+	if (hdev->le_mtu != 27 ||
+	    hdev->le_pkts != 8 || hdev->le_cnt != 8 ||
+	    hdev->le_max_tx_len != 251)
+		return 0;
+
+	bt_dev_info(hdev, "LE ACL MTU 27 -> %u; LE packets 8 -> 1",
+		    hdev->le_max_tx_len);
+	hdev->le_mtu = hdev->le_max_tx_len;
+	hdev->le_pkts = 1;
+	hdev->le_cnt = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int btusb_recv_event_realtek(struct hci_dev *hdev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	if (skb->len >= HCI_EVENT_HDR_SIZE + 1 &&
@@ -4715,6 +4730,9 @@ static int btusb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	    (id->driver_info & BTUSB_REALTEK)) {
 		btrtl_set_driver_name(hdev, btusb_driver.name);
 		hdev->setup = btusb_setup_realtek;
+		if (le16_to_cpu(data->udev->descriptor.idVendor) == 0x2357 &&
+		    le16_to_cpu(data->udev->descriptor.idProduct) == 0x0604)
+			hdev->post_init = btusb_ub500_post_init;
 		hdev->shutdown = btrtl_shutdown_realtek;
 		hdev->reset = btusb_rtl_reset;
 		hdev->hw_error = btusb_rtl_hw_error;

base-commit: 1081a6ef8f1e0661fd52eb3f878691b0b96cdff9
-- 
2.56.0