Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] USB: gadget: f_hid: Add GET_REPORT via userspace IOCTL

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 06:29:27PM +0000, Chris Wulff wrote:
> While supporting GET_REPORT is a mandatory request per the HID
> specification the current implementation of the GET_REPORT request responds
> to the USB Host with an empty reply of the request length. However, some
> USB Hosts will request the contents of feature reports via the GET_REPORT
> request. In addition, some proprietary HID 'protocols' will expect
> different data, for the same report ID, to be to become available in the
> feature report by sending a preceding SET_REPORT to the USB Device that
> defines what data is to be presented when that feature report is
> subsequently retrieved via GET_REPORT (with a very fast < 5ms turn around
> between the SET_REPORT and the GET_REPORT).
> 
> There are two other patch sets already submitted for adding GET_REPORT
> support. The first [1] allows for pre-priming a list of reports via IOCTLs
> which then allows the USB Host to perform the request, with no further
> userspace interaction possible during the GET_REPORT request. And another
> [2] which allows for a single report to be setup by userspace via IOCTL,
> which will be fetched and returned by the kernel for subsequent GET_REPORT
> requests by the USB Host, also with no further userspace interaction
> possible.
> 
> This patch, while loosely based on both the patch sets, differs by allowing
> the option for userspace to respond to each GET_REPORT request by setting
> up a poll to notify userspace that a new GET_REPORT request has arrived. To
> support this, two extra IOCTLs are supplied. The first of which is used to
> retrieve the report ID of the GET_REPORT request (in the case of having
> non-zero report IDs in the HID descriptor). The second IOCTL allows for
> storing report responses in a list for responding to requests.
> 
> The report responses are stored in a list (it will be either added if it
> does not exist or updated if it exists already). A flag (userspace_req) can
> be set to whether subsequent requests notify userspace or not.
> 
> Basic operation when a GET_REPORT request arrives from USB Host:
> 
> - If the report ID exists in the list and it is set for immediate return
>   (i.e. userspace_req == false) then response is sent immediately,
> userspace is not notified
> 
> - The report ID does not exist, or exists but is set to notify userspace
>   (i.e. userspace_req == true) then notify userspace via poll:
> 
> 	- If userspace responds, and either adds or update the response in
> 	  the list and respond to the host with the contents
> 
> 	- If userspace does not respond within the fixed timeout (2500ms)
> 	  but the report has been set prevously, then send 'old' report
> 	  contents
> 
> 	- If userspace does not respond within the fixed timeout (2500ms)
> 	  and the report does not exist in the list then send an empty
> 	  report
> 
> Note that userspace could 'prime' the report list at any other time.
> 
> While this patch allows for flexibility in how the system responds to
> requests, and therefore the HID 'protocols' that could be supported, a
> drawback is the time it takes to service the requests and therefore the
> maximum throughput that would be achievable. The USB HID Specification
> v1.11 itself states that GET_REPORT is not intended for periodic data
> polling, so this limitation is not severe.
> 
> Testing on an iMX8M Nano Ultra Lite with a heavy multi-core CPU loading
> showed that userspace can typically respond to the GET_REPORT request
> within 1200ms - which is well within the 5000ms most operating systems seem
> to allow, and within the 2500ms set by this patch.
> 
> [1] https://marc.info/?t=165968296600006 [2]
> https://marc.info/?t=165879768900004
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Sands <david.sands@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wulff <chris.wulff@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_hid.c | 270 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/uapi/linux/usb/g_hid.h      |  40 +++++
>  include/uapi/linux/usb/gadgetfs.h   |   2 +-
>  3 files changed, 304 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/usb/g_hid.h

Can you rebase this and resubmit against the latest kernel tree?  It's
been a while since this was last submitted, sorry for the delay in
reviewing it.

greg k-h