Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_bcm4377: do not mark valid bd_addr as invalid

[Johan Hovold]

On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 10:11:32AM -0500, Neal Gompa wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 5:10 AM Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > A recent commit restored the original (and still documented) semantics
> > for the HCI_QUIRK_USE_BDADDR_PROPERTY quirk so that the device address
> > is considered invalid unless an address is provided by firmware.
> >
> > This specifically means that this flag must only be set for devices with
> > invalid addresses, but the Broadcom BCM4377 driver has so far been
> > setting this flag unconditionally.
> >
> > Fortunately the driver already checks for invalid addresses during setup
> > and sets the HCI_QUIRK_INVALID_BDADDR flag, which can simply be replaced
> > with HCI_QUIRK_USE_BDADDR_PROPERTY to indicate that the default address
> > is invalid but can be overridden by firmware (long term, this should
> > probably just always be allowed).
> >
> > Fixes: 6945795bc81a ("Bluetooth: fix use-bdaddr-property quirk")
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx      # 6.5
> > Reported-by: Felix Zhang <mrman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/77419ffacc5b4875e920e038332575a2a5bff29f.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Looks good to me. This replaces the other patch[1], I take it?

Yes, but as Sven explained here, that patch is also correct even though
that wasn't obvious from just reading the commit message (which should
be amended in my opinion):

	https://lore.kernel.org/asahi/AB87C916-9CF9-4B8C-AFF5-74CA4151C4FC@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
 
> Reviewed-by: Neal Gompa <neal@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for reviewing.

> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/asahi/aaa107865f4cbd61f8f9006fd3e7ac43b5d1bdad.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Johan