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Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:54:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ghost.localdomain (ip6-localhost [::1]) by ghost.localdomain (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id d49a705a; Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:54:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Nikhil Solanke To: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, michal.pecio@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, Nikhil Solanke Subject: [PATCH 1/2] usbcore: Add quirk for 255-bytes initial config read Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:23:35 +0530 Message-ID: <20260717195336.98500-2-nikhilsolanke5@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0 In-Reply-To: <20260717195336.98500-1-nikhilsolanke5@gmail.com> References: <20260717195336.98500-1-nikhilsolanke5@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Certain third-party USB game controllers exposing (or spoofing) an Xbox 360-compatible interface (VID:PID 045e:028e) fail to enumerate under Linux. The device disconnects from the bus without responding to the initial GET_DESCRIPTOR(CONFIGURATION) request, and the kernel logs 'unable to read config index 0 descriptor/start: -71'. The device then falls back to a secondary Android HID mode (with a different VID:PID), losing XInput functionality including rumble support. The failure reproduces across multiple machines, host controller types, and kernel versions including current mainline and LTS. The device enumerates correctly and remains in XInput mode under Windows. Notably, the device enumerates correctly in Android mode when the same 9-byte request is issued for that mode's configuration descriptor, confirming the firmware bug is specific to the XInput mode. usbmon traces from Linux and Wireshark/USBPcap traces from Windows are identical up to the point of failure, with no visible protocol-level difference explaining the divergence. The root cause was identified when Michal Pecio discovered via a QEMU bus-level capture that Windows does not use wLength=9 for the initial config descriptor request; it uses wLength=255. Alan Stern subsequently confirmed this with a bus analyzer on a different USB 2.0 device, and Michal verified the behavior goes back to Windows 95 OSR2.1. So, add a new quirk flag USB_QUIRK_WINDOWS_CONFIG_REQ_SIZE which causes usb_get_configuration() to issue a 255 byte sized configuration request instead of USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE (9) for the initial GET_DESCRIPTOR(CONFIGURATION) request, mimicking long-standing Windows behavior. Suggested-by: Alan Stern Suggested-by: Michal Pecio Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/CAFgddh+JWdT4LLwMc5qjM8q_pBu-fRo2qADR5ovAKoGHWMQrRw@mail.gmail.com/ Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nikhil Solanke --- .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 10 +++++ drivers/usb/core/config.c | 39 +++++++++++++++---- drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 4 ++ include/linux/usb/quirks.h | 3 ++ 4 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index b5493a7f8f22..14121458a0c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -8169,6 +8169,16 @@ Kernel parameters q = USB_QUIRK_FORCE_ONE_CONFIG (Device claims zero configurations, forcing to 1); + r = USB_QUIRK_WINDOWS_CONFIG_REQ_SIZE (Device + fails during initialization when asked for + 9-bytes configuration descriptor request. + Ask for 255-bytes request instead to mirror + Windows' behavior. This quirk is originally + meant to fix some quirky gamepads that refuse + to connect in their XInput mode. But it can + also potentially fix issues with other USB + devices that work on Windows but not on + Linux); Example: quirks=0781:5580:bk,0a5c:5834:gij usbhid.mousepoll= diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c index 45e20c6d76c0..442c15f92ccd 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c @@ -912,6 +912,17 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) unsigned char *bigbuffer; struct usb_config_descriptor *desc; int result; + size_t usb_config_req_size; + + /* + * Devices with quirky firmware will stall or reset when the initial + * config descriptor request uses wLength=9. If the quirk is set, use + * 255 instead, mirroring the behavior of Windows. + */ + if (dev->quirks & USB_QUIRK_WINDOWS_CONFIG_REQ_SIZE) + usb_config_req_size = 255; + else + usb_config_req_size = USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE; if (ncfg > USB_MAXCONFIG) { dev_notice(ddev, "too many configurations: %d, " @@ -938,15 +949,19 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) if (!dev->rawdescriptors) return -ENOMEM; - desc = kmalloc(USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL); + desc = kmalloc(usb_config_req_size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!desc) return -ENOMEM; for (cfgno = 0; cfgno < ncfg; cfgno++) { - /* We grab just the first descriptor so we know how long - * the whole configuration is */ + /* + * Normally we request only the configuration descriptor header + * so we can determine the total configuration length. For + * devices with USB_QUIRK_WINDOWS_CONFIG_REQ_SIZE set, try to + * grab the full descriptor set instead. + */ result = usb_get_descriptor(dev, USB_DT_CONFIG, cfgno, - desc, USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE); + desc, usb_config_req_size); if (result < 0) { dev_err(ddev, "unable to read config index %d " "descriptor/%s: %d\n", cfgno, "start", result); @@ -956,9 +971,8 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) dev->descriptor.bNumConfigurations = cfgno; break; } else if (result < 4) { - dev_err(ddev, "config index %d descriptor too short " - "(expected %i, got %i)\n", cfgno, - USB_DT_CONFIG_SIZE, result); + dev_err(ddev, "config index %d descriptor too short (asked for %zu, got %i, need at least %i)\n", + cfgno, usb_config_req_size, result, 4); result = -EINVAL; goto err; } @@ -972,6 +986,16 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) goto err; } + /* + * If the device returns the full configuration descriptor set, + * skip the second read. Otherwise, send a second request + * asking for the full set. + */ + if (result >= length) { + memcpy(bigbuffer, desc, length); + goto store_and_parse; + } + if (dev->quirks & USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT) msleep(200); @@ -989,6 +1013,7 @@ int usb_get_configuration(struct usb_device *dev) length = result; } +store_and_parse: dev->rawdescriptors[cfgno] = bigbuffer; result = usb_parse_configuration(dev, cfgno, diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c b/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c index 87ee2d938bc0..f5a60ccf21d3 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c @@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ static int quirks_param_set(const char *value, const struct kernel_param *kp) break; case 'q': flags |= USB_QUIRK_FORCE_ONE_CONFIG; + break; + case 'r': + flags |= USB_QUIRK_WINDOWS_CONFIG_REQ_SIZE; + break; /* Ignore unrecognized flag characters */ } } diff --git a/include/linux/usb/quirks.h b/include/linux/usb/quirks.h index b3cc7beab4a3..a4043b33c2c2 100644 --- a/include/linux/usb/quirks.h +++ b/include/linux/usb/quirks.h @@ -81,4 +81,7 @@ /* Device claims zero configurations, forcing to 1 */ #define USB_QUIRK_FORCE_ONE_CONFIG BIT(18) +/* Use a 255 bytes config descriptor request mirroring windows behavior */ +#define USB_QUIRK_WINDOWS_CONFIG_REQ_SIZE BIT(19) + #endif /* __LINUX_USB_QUIRKS_H */ -- 2.55.0