[PATCH v5 8/9] HID: steelseries: Add async status interface support
From: Sriman Achanta
Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 13:34:32 EST
Some headsets expose a second HID interface that sends battery and
connection updates on its own. Watching that interface lets the driver
stop polling the sync interface. Add a
steelseries_device_info::async_interface field and the code to handle
it:
- The driver binds both the sync and async interfaces. The async
interface shares the steelseries_device created by the sync
interface. It finds the sibling with usb_ifnum_to_if(), takes a
reference, and returns -EPROBE_DEFER until the sync interface has
probed. If the sync interface never binds, the async interface
defers forever, which is fine here.
- raw_event() now holds sd->lock and re-checks sd->removed so events
on either interface are serialised against removal.
- status_work runs once for async devices instead of rearming. A
single status request is sent when the headset connects to get the
initial battery level.
No device sets async_interface yet. This is the infrastructure for the
next commit.
Signed-off-by: Sriman Achanta <srimanachanta@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 110 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c
index 6c745058f70e..689435c60ecb 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-steelseries-arctis.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct steelseries_device_info {
unsigned long capabilities;
u8 sync_interface;
+ u8 async_interface;
int (*request_status)(struct hid_device *hdev);
void (*parse_status)(struct steelseries_device *sd, u8 *data, int size);
@@ -271,7 +272,8 @@ static void steelseries_status_timer_work_handler(struct work_struct *work)
sd->info->request_status(sd->hdev);
spin_lock_irqsave(&sd->lock, flags);
- if (!sd->removed)
+ /* Async devices push status events themselves; only poll once. */
+ if (!sd->removed && !sd->info->async_interface)
schedule_delayed_work(&sd->status_work,
msecs_to_jiffies(STEELSERIES_HEADSET_STATUS_TIMEOUT_MS));
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->lock, flags);
@@ -318,6 +320,32 @@ static int steelseries_battery_register(struct steelseries_device *sd)
return 0;
}
+static struct hid_driver steelseries_arctis_driver;
+
+static struct steelseries_device *
+steelseries_get_sibling_sd(struct hid_device *hdev, int interface_num)
+{
+ struct usb_interface *intf = to_usb_interface(hdev->dev.parent);
+ struct usb_device *usb_dev = interface_to_usbdev(intf);
+ struct usb_interface *sibling_intf;
+ struct hid_device *sibling_hdev;
+ struct steelseries_device *sd;
+
+ sibling_intf = usb_ifnum_to_if(usb_dev, interface_num);
+ if (!sibling_intf)
+ return NULL;
+
+ sibling_hdev = usb_get_intfdata(sibling_intf);
+ if (!sibling_hdev || sibling_hdev->driver != &steelseries_arctis_driver)
+ return NULL;
+
+ sd = hid_get_drvdata(sibling_hdev);
+ if (sd)
+ kref_get(&sd->refcnt);
+
+ return sd;
+}
+
static int steelseries_arctis_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
const struct hid_device_id *id)
{
@@ -339,43 +367,81 @@ static int steelseries_arctis_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
if (ret)
return ret;
- /* Let hid-generic handle non-sync interfaces */
- if (interface_num != info->sync_interface)
+ /* Let hid-generic handle non-vendor or unknown interfaces */
+ if (interface_num != info->sync_interface &&
+ (!info->async_interface || interface_num != info->async_interface))
return hid_hw_start(hdev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
- sd = kzalloc_obj(*sd, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!sd)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- kref_init(&sd->refcnt);
- sd->hdev = hdev;
- sd->info = info;
- spin_lock_init(&sd->lock);
+ if (interface_num == info->sync_interface) {
+ sd = kzalloc_obj(*sd, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!sd)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ kref_init(&sd->refcnt);
+ sd->hdev = hdev;
+ sd->info = info;
+ spin_lock_init(&sd->lock);
+ INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sd->status_work, steelseries_status_timer_work_handler);
+
+ ret = hid_hw_start(hdev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_free;
+
+ ret = hid_hw_open(hdev);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_stop;
+
+ if (info->capabilities & SS_CAP_BATTERY) {
+ ret = steelseries_battery_register(sd);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to register battery: %d\n", ret);
+ }
- hid_set_drvdata(hdev, sd);
+ /*
+ * Publish drvdata only once fully initialised: the async sibling
+ * attaches by reading it, so it must never observe a half-built or
+ * failed instance. A failed probe never gets here, so the error
+ * path below has nothing to unpublish.
+ */
+ hid_set_drvdata(hdev, sd);
+ schedule_delayed_work(&sd->status_work, msecs_to_jiffies(100));
- ret = hid_hw_start(hdev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
- if (ret)
- goto err_put;
+ return 0;
+ }
- ret = hid_hw_open(hdev);
- if (ret)
- goto err_stop;
+ /*
+ * The async interface shares the steelseries_device created by the
+ * sync interface. Defer until the sync interface has probed and
+ * published its drvdata.
+ */
+ if (info->async_interface && interface_num == info->async_interface) {
+ sd = steelseries_get_sibling_sd(hdev, info->sync_interface);
+ if (!sd)
+ return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+
+ hid_set_drvdata(hdev, sd);
+
+ ret = hid_hw_start(hdev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
+ if (ret) {
+ kref_put(&sd->refcnt, steelseries_device_release);
+ return ret;
+ }
- if (info->capabilities & SS_CAP_BATTERY) {
- ret = steelseries_battery_register(sd);
- if (ret < 0)
- hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to register battery: %d\n", ret);
+ ret = hid_hw_open(hdev);
+ if (ret) {
+ hid_hw_stop(hdev);
+ kref_put(&sd->refcnt, steelseries_device_release);
+ return ret;
+ }
+ return 0;
}
- INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sd->status_work, steelseries_status_timer_work_handler);
- schedule_delayed_work(&sd->status_work, msecs_to_jiffies(100));
-
- return 0;
+ return -ENODEV;
err_stop:
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
-err_put:
+err_free:
+ /* drvdata is unpublished until full success, so no sibling can hold sd. */
kref_put(&sd->refcnt, steelseries_device_release);
return ret;
}
@@ -428,10 +494,21 @@ static int steelseries_arctis_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev,
u8 old_capacity;
bool old_connected;
bool old_charging;
+ bool is_async_interface;
+ unsigned long flags;
if (!sd)
return 0;
+ is_async_interface = (hdev != sd->hdev);
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&sd->lock, flags);
+
+ if (sd->removed) {
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->lock, flags);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
old_capacity = sd->battery_capacity;
old_connected = sd->headset_connected;
old_charging = sd->battery_charging;
@@ -444,6 +521,10 @@ static int steelseries_arctis_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev,
old_connected ? "" : "not ",
sd->headset_connected ? "" : "not ");
+ if (sd->headset_connected && !old_connected &&
+ sd->info->async_interface && is_async_interface)
+ schedule_delayed_work(&sd->status_work, 0);
+
if (sd->battery) {
steelseries_headset_set_wireless_status(sd->hdev,
sd->headset_connected);
@@ -467,6 +548,8 @@ static int steelseries_arctis_raw_event(struct hid_device *hdev,
power_supply_changed(sd->battery);
}
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sd->lock, flags);
+
return 0;
}
--
2.54.0