Re: [PATCH v3] media: uvcvideo: Recover stalled ElGato devices

From: Laurent Pinchart
Date: Mon Dec 05 2022 - 17:39:09 EST


Hi Ricardo,

Thank you for the patch.

On Mon, Dec 05, 2022 at 01:53:01PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> Elgato Cam Link 4k can be in a stalled state if the resolution of
> the external source has changed while the firmware initializes.
> Once in this state, the device is useless until it receives a
> USB reset. It has even been observed that the stalled state will
> continue even after unplugging the device.

Why, ô, why :'-(

> lsusb -v
>
> Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0fd9:0066 Elgato Systems GmbH Cam Link 4K
> Device Descriptor:
> bLength 18
> bDescriptorType 1
> bcdUSB 3.00
> bDeviceClass 239 Miscellaneous Device
> bDeviceSubClass 2
> bDeviceProtocol 1 Interface Association
> bMaxPacketSize0 9
> idVendor 0x0fd9 Elgato Systems GmbH
> idProduct 0x0066
> bcdDevice 0.00
> iManufacturer 1 Elgato
> iProduct 2 Cam Link 4K
> iSerial 4 0005AC52FE000
> bNumConfigurations 1
>
> Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Recover stalled ElGato devices
>
> Just a resend of this hw fix.
>
> To: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yunke Cao <yunkec@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Add Reviewed-by: Sergey
> - Improve identation (Thanks Sergey!)
> - Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220920-resend-elgato-v2-0-06b48b3b486a@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove info from lsusb
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220920-resend-elgato-v1-0-8672a2380e3d@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> index 170a008f4006..a8323cf0e9f9 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_video.c
> @@ -129,12 +129,13 @@ int uvc_query_ctrl(struct uvc_device *dev, u8 query, u8 unit,
> return -EPIPE;
> }
>
> +static const struct usb_device_id elgato_cam_link_4k = {
> + USB_DEVICE(0x0fd9, 0x0066)
> +};
> +
> static void uvc_fixup_video_ctrl(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> struct uvc_streaming_control *ctrl)
> {
> - static const struct usb_device_id elgato_cam_link_4k = {
> - USB_DEVICE(0x0fd9, 0x0066)
> - };
> struct uvc_format *format = NULL;
> struct uvc_frame *frame = NULL;
> unsigned int i;
> @@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ static int uvc_get_video_ctrl(struct uvc_streaming *stream,
> dev_err(&stream->intf->dev,
> "Failed to query (%u) UVC %s control : %d (exp. %u).\n",
> query, probe ? "probe" : "commit", ret, size);
> - ret = -EIO;
> + ret = (ret == -EPROTO) ? -EPROTO : -EIO;

This will change the error returned by VIDIOC_S_FMT and VIDIOC_TRY_FMT,
but I don't think that will cause issues.

> goto out;
> }
>
> @@ -2121,6 +2122,20 @@ int uvc_video_init(struct uvc_streaming *stream)
> * request on the probe control, as required by the UVC specification.
> */
> ret = uvc_get_video_ctrl(stream, probe, 1, UVC_GET_CUR);
> +
> + /*
> + * Elgato Cam Link 4k can be in a stalled state if the resolution of
> + * the external source has changed while the firmware initializes.
> + * Once in this state, the device is useless until it receives a
> + * USB reset. It has even been observed that the stalled state will
> + * continue even after unplugging the device.
> + */
> + if (usb_match_one_id(stream->dev->intf, &elgato_cam_link_4k) &&
> + (ret == -EPROTO)) {

I'd swap the tests, as the second one is cheaper. You also don't need
the inner parentheses.

> + usb_reset_device(stream->dev->udev);
> + dev_err(&stream->intf->dev, "Restarting Elgato Cam Link 4K\n");

I would also swap those two lines, if an error occurs when resetting the
device, it's good to have the "restarting" message printed first.

If I understand this correctly, probe will still fail, and the user will
have to unplug and replug the device to fix this, right ? If so I'd
expand the error message, maybe something along those lines:

dev_err(&stream->intf->dev, "Elgato Cam Link 4K firmware crash detected\n");
dev_err(&stream->intf->dev, "Resetting the device, unplug and replug to recover\n");

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> + }
> +
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
>
>
> ---
> base-commit: 521a547ced6477c54b4b0cc206000406c221b4d6
> change-id: 20220920-resend-elgato-a845482bdd02

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart