From: "Xuetao (kirin)" <xuetao09@huawei.com>
To: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>,
Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>, <linux-usb@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <caiyadong@huawei.com>,
<stable@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] usb: core: Fix up Interrupt IN endpoints with bogus wBytesPerInterval
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:55:42 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <132cd569-44e3-4a0a-853c-1feb43500cb8@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0ae0316b-90e4-469f-990b-408518f09056@rowland.harvard.edu>
在 2026/4/23 22:04, Alan Stern 写道:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2026 at 11:09:59AM +0200, Michal Pecio wrote:
>> Tao Xue found that some common devices violate USB3 section 9.6.7
>> by reporting wBytesPerInterval lower than the size of packets they
>> actually send. I confirmed that AX88179 may set it to 0 and RTL8153
>> CDC configuration sets it to 8 but sends both 8 and 16 byte packets:
>>
>> S Ii:11:007:3 -115:128 16 <
>> C Ii:11:007:3 0:128 8 = a1000000 01000000
>> S Ii:11:007:3 -115:128 16 <
>> C Ii:11:007:3 0:128 16 = a12a0000 01000800 00000000 00000000
>>
>> Most xHCI host controllers neglect interrupt bandwidth reservations
>> and let such devices exceed theirs, some fail the URB with EOVERFLOW.
>>
>> Assume that wBytesPerInterval lower than wMaxPacketSize is bogus and
>> increase it to the worst case maximum on interrupt IN endpoints. This
>> solves xHCI problems and appears to have no other effect. Interrupt
>> transfers are not limited to one interval and drivers submit URBs of
>> class defined size without looking at wBytesPerInterval. Any multi-
>> interval transfer is considered terminated by a packet shorter than
>> wMaxPacketSize regardless of wBytesPerInterval - see USB3 8.10.3.
>>
>> Stay in spec on OUT endpoints and isochronous. No buggy devices are
>> known and we don't want to risk sending more data than the device
>> is prepared to handle or confusing isoc drivers regarding altsetting
>> capacities guaranteed by the device itself. And don't complain when
>> wMaxPacketSize <= wBytesPerInterval < wMaxPacketSize * (bMaxBurst+1)
>> because enabling this seems to be the exact goal of the spec.
>>
>> Reported-by: Tao Xue <xuetao09@huawei.com>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/20260402021400.28853-1-xuetao09@huawei.com/
>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Michal Pecio <michal.pecio@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Note:
>> Compared to original suggestion, this is a conservative patch which
>> only addresses known broken devices and tries to minimize disruption
>> for spec compliant ones.
>>
>> drivers/usb/core/config.c | 9 ++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
>> index 6a1fd967e0a6..bdd912627bac 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
>> @@ -191,7 +191,14 @@ static void usb_parse_ss_endpoint_companion(struct device *ddev, int cfgno,
>> (desc->bMaxBurst + 1);
>> else
>> max_tx = 999999;
>> - if (le16_to_cpu(desc->wBytesPerInterval) > max_tx) {
>> + /*
>> + * wBytesPerInterval > max_tx is bogus, but USB3 spec doesn't forbid the opposite.
>> + * Experience shows that wBytesPerInterval < wMaxPacketSize on common interrupt IN
>> + * endpoints is usually bogus too, and recent HCs enforce interrupt BW limits.
>> + */
>> + if (le16_to_cpu(desc->wBytesPerInterval) > max_tx ||
>> + (le16_to_cpu(desc->wBytesPerInterval) < usb_endpoint_maxp(&ep->desc) &&
>> + usb_endpoint_xfer_int(&ep->desc) && usb_endpoint_dir_in(&ep->desc))
> You can use usb_endpoint_is_int_in() here.
>
> Alan Stern
I tested the current patch, and it resolves the issue I encountered
before. I believe this patch is effective.
I also just tested the modification that replaces
usb_endpoint_xfer_int(&ep->desc) && usb_endpoint_dir_in(&ep->desc) with
usb_endpoint_is_int_in(&ep->desc), and it works as well.
>
> ) {
>> dev_notice(ddev, "%s endpoint with wBytesPerInterval of %d in "
>> "config %d interface %d altsetting %d ep %d: "
>> "setting to %d\n",
>> --
>> 2.48.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 2:14 [PATCH] usb: core: Fix bandwidth for devices with invalid wBytesPerInterval Tao Xue
2026-04-02 2:45 ` Alan Stern
2026-04-02 3:51 ` Greg KH
2026-04-02 6:59 ` Xuetao (kirin)
2026-04-02 7:10 ` Greg KH
2026-04-02 8:26 ` Xuetao (kirin)
2026-04-02 13:56 ` Alan Stern
2026-04-02 14:09 ` Greg KH
2026-04-02 15:03 ` Michal Pecio
2026-04-03 1:20 ` Xuetao (kirin)
2026-04-22 13:26 ` Xuetao (kirin)
2026-04-23 9:05 ` Michal Pecio
2026-04-23 9:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] usb: core: Fix root hub descriptor wBytesPerInterval Michal Pecio
2026-04-23 9:09 ` [PATCH 2/2] usb: core: Fix up Interrupt IN endpoints with bogus wBytesPerInterval Michal Pecio
2026-04-23 14:04 ` Alan Stern
2026-04-23 14:55 ` Xuetao (kirin) [this message]
2026-04-02 20:17 ` [PATCH] usb: core: Fix bandwidth for devices with invalid wBytesPerInterval Michal Pecio
2026-04-02 9:44 ` Michal Pecio
2026-04-02 11:55 ` Xuetao (kirin)
2026-04-03 7:16 ` Michal Pecio
2026-04-22 6:32 ` Michal Pecio
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