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From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: Erik Slagter <erik@slagter.name>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
	Daniel Caujolle-Bert <f1rmb.daniel@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] USB: cdc-acm: clean up no-union-descriptor handling
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:04:34 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1600700674.2424.105.camel@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200921142806.GX24441@localhost>

Am Montag, den 21.09.2020, 16:28 +0200 schrieb Johan Hovold:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 04:16:56PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > Am Montag, den 21.09.2020, 15:59 +0200 schrieb Johan Hovold:
> > > For interfaces that lack a union descriptor, probe for a
> > > "combined-interface" before falling back to the call-management
> > > descriptor instead of the other way round.
> > 
> > Hi,

Hi,

> > 
> > the more I look at this the more it seems to me like the
> > device that has the quirk does NOT have a collapsed interface
> > but two interfaces and just a lack of a union descriptor.
> 
> But then why name the quirk NO_DATA_INTERFACE if it has a data

In hindsight that seems not the best name.

> interface? By hardcoding the data-interface number to be the one and
> only interface, you'd end up probing for a "combined" interface also
> with a broken call-management descriptor.

Well, by the changelog assuming a combined interface caused an oops.
Thence I am forced to conclude that the davices _has_ a separate
data interface, but no union descriptor.

> Side note: I really think we should start mandating lsusb output to go
> along with any patch for quirky devices.

Good idea. Convince Greg.

	Regards
		Oliver


  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-21 15:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-21 13:59 [PATCH v2 0/4] USB: cdc-acm: handle broken union descriptors Johan Hovold
2020-09-21 13:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] Revert "cdc-acm: hardening against malicious devices" Johan Hovold
2020-09-21 13:59 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] USB: cdc-acm: handle broken union descriptors Johan Hovold
2020-09-22  9:53   ` <Daniel Caujolle-Bert>
2020-09-21 13:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] USB: cdc-acm: use common data-class define Johan Hovold
2020-09-21 13:59 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] USB: cdc-acm: clean up no-union-descriptor handling Johan Hovold
2020-09-21 14:16   ` Oliver Neukum
2020-09-21 14:28     ` Johan Hovold
2020-09-21 15:04       ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2020-09-21 15:16         ` Johan Hovold
2020-09-21 17:17           ` Oliver Neukum
2020-09-22  7:05             ` Johan Hovold
2020-09-22 10:40               ` Oliver Neukum
2020-09-22 10:54                 ` Johan Hovold
2020-09-22 11:41                   ` Oliver Neukum
2020-09-22 11:47                     ` Johan Hovold
2020-09-21 14:21 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] USB: cdc-acm: handle broken union descriptors <Daniel Caujolle-Bert>
2020-09-21 16:19 ` <Daniel Caujolle-Bert>
2020-09-22  7:08   ` Johan Hovold
2020-09-22  9:56     ` <Daniel Caujolle-Bert>
2020-09-22 10:07       ` Johan Hovold
2020-09-22 12:10 ` Oliver Neukum

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