Re: [PATCH RESEND] media: uvcvideo: Disable autosuspend for Insta360 Link

[Alan Stern]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 11:43:09PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 10:04, Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Laurent
> >
> > We are back to this issue.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 at 03:22, Laurent Pinchart
> > <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Ricardo,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the patch.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 05:48:52PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > > > When the device suspends, it keeps power-cycling.
> > > >
> > > > The user notices it because the LED constanct oscillate between
> > > > blue (ready) and no LED (off).

> > > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > media: uvcvideo: Disable autosuspend for Insta360
> > > >
> > > > The device does not handle properly the USB suspend and makes it barely usable.
> > >
> > > Isn't this best handled with a quirk in the USB core ? Autosuspend is a
> > > device feature, not an interface feature, so if the USB sound driver is
> > > loaded but uvcvideo isn't, the kernel may still attempt to autosuspend
> > > the device.
> > >
> >
> > Seems like USB_QUIRK_NO_AUTOSUSPEND was gone for a long time
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20071115064457.GU19218@xxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > under the assumption that autosuspend was off by default and user
> > space should only enable autosuspend on the devices that support it
> > (if I understand it correctly).
> >
> > There are two other quirks still available: USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME and
> > USB_QUIRK_DISCONNECT_SUSPEND, but they do not seem to work for this
> > device (Yunke, thanks for looking into this)
> >
> > If we are explicitly enabling autosuspend on the driver, shouldn't we
> > make sure that the device supports it?
> >
> 
> Alan, Greg, any idea about what is the best way to proceed here from a
> USB perspective?

How is autosuspend getting enabled for this device?  It is disabled by 
default for non-hub USB devices.

If the uvcvideo or USB sound driver is enabling autosuspend, the driver 
should be fixed.  Perhaps by adding a quirk bit for this purpose.

If userspace is enabling autosuspend, then any misbehavior isn't the 
kernel's fault.  :-)

Alan Stern