Re: Regression due to 59cf44575456 ("USB: core: Fix oversight in SuperSpeed initialization")

Alan Stern
2024-04-24T14:56:54Z

On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 04:22:44PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:14:23 +0200,
> Alan Stern wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 24, 2024 at 10:56:11AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:29:27 +0200,
> > > Alan Stern wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 09:24:24PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > > As posted in another mail, it's a virtualized environment.
> > > > > Details are found in the original bug report
> > > > > https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1220569
> > > >
> > > > Hmmm. If this is a virtualized device, isn't the best solution to fix the
> > > > emulation code for the device so that it presents a valid descriptor?
> > >
> > > Honestly speaking, I don't know, but it smells like a hard way. After
> > > all, we brought some regression of the previously (even casually /
> > > unintended) working "device"...
> >
> > Still, it would be good to report the incorrect descriptor to the package's
> > maintainer.
>
> Well, it's no Linux package.

Doesn't matter. Bugs should always be reported when possible, for any kind
of package. Especially after you spent so much time and effort to track
this one down.

The fact that xz isn't specifically a Windows package didn't prevent Andres
Freund from reporting the recent backdoor problem.

Alan Stern