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Message-ID: <20251021164542.GB727@pendragon.ideasonboard.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:45:42 +0300
From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
To: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>, Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...nel.org>,
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
Hans Verkuil <hverkuil+cisco@...nel.org>,
Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...lia.com>,
Angel4005 <ooara1337@...il.com>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] media: uvcvideo: Use heuristic to find stream entity
On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 06:15:54PM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> Hi Hans(es)
>
> On Tue, 21 Oct 2025 at 18:07, Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 21-Oct-25 12:36, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > > Some devices, like the Grandstream GUV3100 webcam, have an invalid UVC
> > > descriptor where multiple entities share the same ID, this is invalid
> > > and makes it impossible to make a proper entity tree without heuristics.
> > >
> > > We have recently introduced a change in the way that we handle invalid
> > > entities that has caused a regression on broken devices.
> > >
> > > Implement a new heuristic to handle these devices properly.
> > >
> > > Reported-by: Angel4005 <ooara1337@...il.com>
> > > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/CAOzBiVuS7ygUjjhCbyWg-KiNx+HFTYnqH5+GJhd6cYsNLT=DaA@mail.gmail.com/
> > > Fixes: 0e2ee70291e6 ("media: uvcvideo: Mark invalid entities with id UVC_INVALID_ENTITY_ID")
> > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
> >
> > Thanks, patch looks good to me:
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hansg@...nel.org>
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply.
>
> @Hverkil I think you are planning to push to /fixes soon. I believe
> this patch should also land there.
Review is still ongoing :-) I've just sent comments, let's finish the
discussion first.
> > > ---
> > > I have managed to get my hands into a Grandstream GUV3100 and
> > > implemented a new heuristics. (Thanks Yunke and Hidenori!).
> > >
> > > With this heuristics we can use this camera again (see the /dev/video0
> > > in the topology).
> > >
> > > I have tested this change in a 6.6 kernel. Because the notebook that I
> > > used for testing has some issues running master. But for the purpose of
> > > this change this test should work.
> > >
> > > ~ # media-ctl --print-topology
> > > Media controller API version 6.6.99
> > >
> > > Media device information
> > > ------------------------
> > > driver uvcvideo
> > > model GRANDSTREAM GUV3100: GRANDSTREA
> > > serial
> > > bus info usb-0000:00:14.0-9
> > > hw revision 0x409
> > > driver version 6.6.99
> > >
> > > Device topology
> > > - entity 1: GRANDSTREAM GUV3100: GRANDSTREA (1 pad, 1 link)
> > > type Node subtype V4L flags 1
> > > device node name /dev/video0
> > > pad0: SINK
> > > <- "Extension 3":1 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > >
> > > - entity 4: GRANDSTREAM GUV3100: GRANDSTREA (0 pad, 0 link)
> > > type Node subtype V4L flags 0
> > > device node name /dev/video1
> > >
> > > - entity 8: Extension 3 (2 pads, 2 links, 0 routes)
> > > type V4L2 subdev subtype Unknown flags 0
> > > pad0: SINK
> > > <- "Processing 2":1 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > > pad1: SOURCE
> > > -> "GRANDSTREAM GUV3100: GRANDSTREA":0 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > >
> > > - entity 11: Processing 2 (2 pads, 3 links, 0 routes)
> > > type V4L2 subdev subtype Unknown flags 0
> > > pad0: SINK
> > > <- "Camera 1":0 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > > pad1: SOURCE
> > > -> "Extension 3":0 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > > -> "Extension 4":0 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > >
> > > - entity 14: Extension 4 (2 pads, 1 link, 0 routes)
> > > type V4L2 subdev subtype Unknown flags 0
> > > pad0: SINK
> > > <- "Processing 2":1 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > > pad1: SOURCE
> > >
> > > - entity 17: Camera 1 (1 pad, 1 link, 0 routes)
> > > type V4L2 subdev subtype Sensor flags 0
> > > pad0: SOURCE
> > > -> "Processing 2":0 [ENABLED,IMMUTABLE]
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v2:
> > > - Fix : invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator.
> > > - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251021-uvc-grandstream-v1-1-801e3d08b271@chromium.org
> > > ---
> > > drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> > > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > index fb6afb8e84f00961f86fd8f840fba48d706d7a9a..ee4f54d6834962414979a046afc59c5036455124 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > > @@ -167,13 +167,26 @@ static struct uvc_entity *uvc_entity_by_reference(struct uvc_device *dev,
> > >
> > > static struct uvc_streaming *uvc_stream_by_id(struct uvc_device *dev, int id)
> > > {
> > > - struct uvc_streaming *stream;
> > > + struct uvc_streaming *stream, *last_stream;
> > > + unsigned int count = 0;
> > >
> > > list_for_each_entry(stream, &dev->streams, list) {
> > > + count += 1;
> > > + last_stream = stream;
> > > if (stream->header.bTerminalLink == id)
> > > return stream;
> > > }
> > >
> > > + /*
> > > + * If the streaming entity is referenced by an invalid ID, notify the
> > > + * user and use heuristics to guess the correct entity.
> > > + */
> > > + if (count == 1 && id == UVC_INVALID_ENTITY_ID) {
> > > + dev_warn(&dev->intf->dev,
> > > + "UVC non compliance: Invalid USB header. The streaming entity has an invalid ID, guessing the correct one.");
> > > + return last_stream;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > return NULL;
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > base-commit: ea299a2164262ff787c9d33f46049acccd120672
> > > change-id: 20251021-uvc-grandstream-05ecf0288f62
--
Regards,
Laurent Pinchart
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