Re: [PATCH] usbhid: tolerate intermittent errors

[Liam Mitchell]

On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 at 11:06, Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 08.02.26 18:10, Liam Mitchell wrote:
> > Modifies the usbhid error handling logic to better handle intermittent
> > errors like EPROTO, which should only need resubmission of URBs and not
> > full device reset.
> >
> > Reduces initial retry delay from 13ms to 1ms. The faster the URB is
> > resubmitted, the lower the chance that user events will be missed.
>
> in this case I have to ask the obvious question: Why wait at all?
> It would seem to me that if you have spurious or intermittent errors
> the right time to retry is immediately.

Agreed.

This patch is intentionally small because I wasn't sure if a more
comprehensive fix is wanted.

Regards,
Liam