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

[Ricardo Ribalda]

Hi Alan

On Thu, 9 Mar 2023 at 00:02, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.

It is enabled on the driver via usb_enable_autosuspend()
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c#n2211

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

This is what I tried with this patch :). Laurent, could you please
take a second look to it?
Thanks!


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



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Ricardo Ribalda