linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] Bluetooth: btusb: Indicate Microsoft vendor extension for Intel 9460/9560 and 9160/9260

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Message-ID: <CALWDO_U8hruyjvZmN5P3kYz-awhD8t7yNbX9K0uXd5OdDejdMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:24:01 -0400
From:   Alain Michaud <alainmichaud@...gle.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
        Miao-chen Chou <mcchou@...omium.org>,
        Bluetooth Kernel Mailing List 
        <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.von.dentz@...el.com>,
        Alain Michaud <alainm@...omium.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] Bluetooth: btusb: Indicate Microsoft vendor
 extension for Intel 9460/9560 and 9160/9260

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 11:19 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 11:10 -0400, Alain Michaud wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 4:11 PM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2020-03-23 at 19:48 +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> > > > Hi Joe,
> > >
> > > Hello Marcel.
> > >
> > > > > > > This adds a bit mask of driver_info for Microsoft vendor extension and
> > > > > > > indicates the support for Intel 9460/9560 and 9160/9260. See
> > > > > > > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/bluetooth/
> > > > > > > microsoft-defined-bluetooth-hci-commands-and-events for more information
> > > > > > > about the extension. This was verified with Intel ThunderPeak BT controller
> > > > > > > where msft_vnd_ext_opcode is 0xFC1E.
> > > > > []
> > > > > > > diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h
> > > > > []
> > > > > > > @@ -315,6 +315,10 @@ struct hci_dev {
> > > > > > >         __u8            ssp_debug_mode;
> > > > > > >         __u8            hw_error_code;
> > > > > > >         __u32           clock;
> > > > > > > +       __u16           msft_vnd_ext_opcode;
> > > > > > > +       __u64           msft_vnd_ext_features;
> > > > > > > +       __u8            msft_vnd_ext_evt_prefix_len;
> > > > > > > +       void            *msft_vnd_ext_evt_prefix;
> > > > >
> > > > > msft is just another vendor.
> > > > >
> > > > > If there are to be vendor extensions, this should
> > > > > likely use a blank line above and below and not
> > > > > be prefixed with msft_
> > > >
> > > > there are other vendors, but all of them are different. So this needs to be prefixed with msft_ actually. But I agree that having empty lines above and below makes it more readable.
> > >
> > > So struct hci_dev should become a clutter
> > > of random vendor extensions?
> > >
> > > Perhaps there should instead be something like
> > > an array of char at the end of the struct and
> > > various vendor specific extensions could be
> > > overlaid on that array or just add a void *
> > > to whatever info that vendors require.
> > I don't particularly like trailing buffers, but I agree we could
> > possibly organize this a little better by with a struct.  something
> > like:
> >
> > struct msft_vnd_ext {
> >     bool              supported; // <-- Clearly calls out if the
> > extension is supported.
> >     __u16           msft_vnd_ext_opcode; // <-- Note that this also
> > needs to be provided by the driver.  I don't recommend we have this
> > read from the hardware since we just cause an extra redirection that
> > isn't necessary.  Ideally, this should come from the usb_table const.
> >     __u64           msft_vnd_ext_features;
> >     __u8             msft_vnd_ext_evt_prefix_len;
> >     void             *msft_vnd_ext_evt_prefix;
> > };
> >
> > And then simply add the struct msft_vnd_ext (and any others) to hci_dev.
>
> Or use an anonymous union
That would also work, but would need to be an array of unions, perhaps
following your original idea to have them be in a trailing array of
unions since a controller may support more than one extension.  This
might be going overboard :)

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