Re: [PATCH v3 10/18] HID: steelseries: Add settings poll infrastructure

[Bastien Nocera]

On Fri, 2026-02-27 at 18:50 -0500, Sriman Achanta wrote:
> Some headset settings (sidetone level, mic volume, etc.) are not
> reported spontaneously but must be explicitly requested from the
> device.
> Introduce a separate delayed work item (settings_work) for fetching
> these persistent settings, independent of the existing status work.
> 
> Settings are requested once at probe time and again whenever the
> headset
> reconnects after being disconnected. Device info structs gain
> request_settings and parse_settings hooks for model-specific
> implementations. The SS_CAP_EXTERNAL_CONFIG capability flag marks
> devices whose writable controls can also be changed from the headset
> hardware directly; writable ALSA controls on such devices will be
> marked
> volatile.

The settings polling work and the addition of SS_CAP_EXTERNAL_CONFIG
for some headsets should probably be made in separate commits.

> 
> The initial implementation adds the Arctis Nova 7 Gen2 audio settings
> request (0x00, 0x20).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sriman Achanta <srimanachanta@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c | 37
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c b/drivers/hid/hid-
> steelseries.c
> index 8c6116d02f19..f2423c350154 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
>  #define SS_CAP_MIC_MUTE			BIT(2)
>  #define SS_CAP_BT_ENABLED		BIT(3)
>  #define SS_CAP_BT_DEVICE_CONNECTED	BIT(4)
> +#define SS_CAP_EXTERNAL_CONFIG		BIT(5)
>  
>  #define SS_QUIRK_STATUS_SYNC_POLL	BIT(0)
>  
> @@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ struct steelseries_device_info {
>  
>  	int (*request_status)(struct hid_device *hdev);
>  	void (*parse_status)(struct steelseries_device *sd, u8
> *data, int size);
> +
> +	int (*request_settings)(struct hid_device *hdev);
> +	void (*parse_settings)(struct steelseries_device *sd, u8
> *data, int size);
>  };
>  
>  struct steelseries_device {
> @@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ struct steelseries_device {
>  	bool use_async_protocol;
>  
>  	struct delayed_work status_work;
> +	struct delayed_work settings_work;
>  
>  	struct power_supply_desc battery_desc;
>  	struct power_supply *battery;
> @@ -690,6 +695,14 @@ static void
> steelseries_arctis_nova_7_gen2_parse_status(struct steelseries_devic
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static int steelseries_arctis_nova_7_gen2_request_settings(struct
> hid_device *hdev)
> +{
> +	const u8 data[] = { 0x00, 0x20 };
> +
> +	return steelseries_send_output_report(hdev, data,
> sizeof(data));
> +}
> +
> +
>  static void steelseries_arctis_nova_pro_parse_status(struct
> steelseries_device *sd,
>  						     u8 *data, int
> size)
>  {
> @@ -791,9 +804,11 @@ static const struct steelseries_device_info
> arctis_nova_7_gen2_info = {
>  	.sync_interface = 3,
>  	.async_interface = 5,
>  	.capabilities = SS_CAP_BATTERY | SS_CAP_CHATMIX |
> SS_CAP_MIC_MUTE |
> -			SS_CAP_BT_ENABLED |
> SS_CAP_BT_DEVICE_CONNECTED,
> +			SS_CAP_BT_ENABLED |
> SS_CAP_BT_DEVICE_CONNECTED |
> +			SS_CAP_EXTERNAL_CONFIG,
>  	.request_status = steelseries_arctis_nova_request_status,
>  	.parse_status = steelseries_arctis_nova_7_gen2_parse_status,
> +	.request_settings =
> steelseries_arctis_nova_7_gen2_request_settings,
>  };
>  
>  static const struct steelseries_device_info arctis_nova_pro_info = {
> @@ -901,6 +916,15 @@ static void
> steelseries_status_timer_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->lock, flags);
>  }
>  
> +static void steelseries_settings_work_handler(struct work_struct
> *work)
> +{
> +	struct steelseries_device *sd = container_of(
> +		work, struct steelseries_device,
> settings_work.work);
> +
> +	if (sd->info->request_settings)
> +		sd->info->request_settings(sd->hdev);
> +}
> +
>  static int steelseries_battery_register(struct steelseries_device
> *sd)
>  {
>  	static atomic_t battery_no = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
> @@ -1185,6 +1209,9 @@ static int steelseries_raw_event(struct
> hid_device *hdev,
>  
>  	sd->info->parse_status(sd, data, size);
>  
> +	if (sd->info->parse_settings)
> +		sd->info->parse_settings(sd, data, size);
> +
>  	if (sd->headset_connected != old_connected) {
>  		hid_dbg(hdev,
>  			"Connected status changed from %sconnected
> to %sconnected\n",
> @@ -1194,6 +1221,9 @@ static int steelseries_raw_event(struct
> hid_device *hdev,
>  		if (sd->headset_connected && !old_connected &&
>  		    sd->use_async_protocol && is_async_interface) {
>  			schedule_delayed_work(&sd->status_work, 0);
> +			if (sd->info->request_settings)
> +				schedule_delayed_work(&sd-
> >settings_work,
> +						     
> msecs_to_jiffies(10));
>  		}
>  
>  		if (sd->battery) {
> @@ -1329,7 +1359,11 @@ static int steelseries_probe(struct hid_device
> *hdev,
>  #endif
>  
>  		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sd->status_work,
> steelseries_status_timer_work_handler);
> +		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sd->settings_work,
> steelseries_settings_work_handler);
> +
>  		schedule_delayed_work(&sd->status_work,
> msecs_to_jiffies(100));
> +		if (info->request_settings)
> +			schedule_delayed_work(&sd->settings_work,
> msecs_to_jiffies(200));
>  
>  		return 0;
>  	}
> @@ -1415,6 +1449,7 @@ static void steelseries_remove(struct
> hid_device *hdev)
>  		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->lock, flags);
>  
>  		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sd->status_work);
> +		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&sd->settings_work);
>  	}
>  
>  	hid_hw_close(hdev);