Re: [PATCH] Revert "Bluetooth: hci_qca: Set BDA quirk bit if fwnode exists in DT"

[Johan Hovold]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 01:10:13PM -0400, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 9:57 AM Linux regression tracking (Thorsten
> Leemhuis) <regressions@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 14.03.24 16:07, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 10:30:36AM -0400, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> > >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 4:44 AM Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >>> This reverts commit 7dcd3e014aa7faeeaf4047190b22d8a19a0db696.
> > >>>
> > >>> Qualcomm Bluetooth controllers like WCN6855 do not have persistent
> > >>> storage for the Bluetooth address and must therefore start as
> > >>> unconfigured to allow the user to set a valid address unless one has
> > >>> been provided by the boot firmware in the devicetree.
> > >>>
> > >>> A recent change snuck into v6.8-rc7 and incorrectly started marking the
> > >>> default (non-unique) address as valid. This specifically also breaks the
> > >>> Bluetooth setup for some user of the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s.
> > >>>
> > >>> Note that this is the second time Qualcomm breaks the driver this way
> > >>> and that this was fixed last year by commit 6945795bc81a ("Bluetooth:
> > >>> fix use-bdaddr-property quirk"), which also has some further details.
> > >>>
> > >>> Fixes: 7dcd3e014aa7 ("Bluetooth: hci_qca: Set BDA quirk bit if fwnode exists in DT")
> > >>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx      # 6.8
> > >>> Cc: Janaki Ramaiah Thota <quic_janathot@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>

> > ...the plan forward here? This to me sounds like a case where a quick
> > revert is the right (interim?) solution, but nevertheless nothing
> > happened for ~10 days now afaics. Or am I missing something?

> I guess the following is the latest version:
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/bluetooth/list/?series=836664
> 
> Or are you working on a v5?

This patch (revert) fixes a separate issue than the series you link to
above, but it is also a prerequisite for that series.

v4 is indeed the latest version, and it has been acked by Rob and Bjorn
so you can take it all through the Bluetooth tree. Just remember to
apply this patch (the revert) first.

Johan