FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ALSA: scarlett2: Add retry on -EPROTO from scarlett2_usb_tx()" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 8a15ca0ca51399b652b1bbb23b590b220cf03d62
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025081244-chokehold-itunes-2e5a@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 8a15ca0ca51399b652b1bbb23b590b220cf03d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Geoffrey D. Bennett" <g@b4.vu>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:00:35 +0930
Subject: [PATCH] ALSA: scarlett2: Add retry on -EPROTO from scarlett2_usb_tx()

During communication with Focusrite Scarlett Gen 2/3/4 USB audio
interfaces, -EPROTO is sometimes returned from scarlett2_usb_tx(),
snd_usb_ctl_msg() which can cause initialisation and control
operations to fail intermittently.

This patch adds up to 5 retries in scarlett2_usb(), with a delay
starting at 5ms and doubling each time. This follows the same approach
as the fix for usb_set_interface() in endpoint.c (commit f406005e162b
("ALSA: usb-audio: Add retry on -EPROTO from usb_set_interface()")),
which resolved similar -EPROTO issues during device initialisation,
and is the same approach as in fcp.c:fcp_usb().

Fixes: 9e4d5c1be21f ("ALSA: usb-audio: Scarlett Gen 2 mixer interface")
Closes: https://github.com/geoffreybennett/linux-fcp/issues/41
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@b4.vu>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aIdDO6ld50WQwNim@m.b4.vu
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

diff --git a/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c b/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c
index 49eeb1444dce..15bbdafc4894 100644
--- a/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c
+++ b/sound/usb/mixer_scarlett2.c
@@ -2351,6 +2351,8 @@ static int scarlett2_usb(
 	struct scarlett2_usb_packet *req, *resp = NULL;
 	size_t req_buf_size = struct_size(req, data, req_size);
 	size_t resp_buf_size = struct_size(resp, data, resp_size);
+	int retries = 0;
+	const int max_retries = 5;
 	int err;
 
 	req = kmalloc(req_buf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -2374,10 +2376,15 @@ static int scarlett2_usb(
 	if (req_size)
 		memcpy(req->data, req_data, req_size);
 
+retry:
 	err = scarlett2_usb_tx(dev, private->bInterfaceNumber,
 			       req, req_buf_size);
 
 	if (err != req_buf_size) {
+		if (err == -EPROTO && ++retries <= max_retries) {
+			msleep(5 * (1 << (retries - 1)));
+			goto retry;
+		}
 		usb_audio_err(
 			mixer->chip,
 			"%s USB request result cmd %x was %d\n",