Re: Problematic BT commit in Linux 5.7

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I've sent a patch to fix this titled: [PATCH] Bluetooth: Allow suspend
even when preparation has failed
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11586223/

Please take a look.

Thanks
Abhishek

On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:32 AM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Abhishek,
>
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 6:29 PM Abhishek Pandit-Subedi
> <abhishekpandit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Rafael,
> >
> > I left a comment on the bugzilla post as well but I agree with you now
> > that it's probably bad to fail suspend when this occurs.
> >
> > At https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bluetooth/bluetooth-next.git/tree/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c#n3363,
> > we try to recover from a failed suspend by restoring running state and
> > returning an -EBUSY.
> > I think if we change this logic to not attempt to restore until
> > resume, log the error and allow suspend, that would probably be
> > preferable from a suspend perspective.
> > I will make this change, test it out and send the patch today.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Please CC linux-pm as well as Len Brown and Todd Brandt (both in the
> CC list of this message) on that patch.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 9:16 AM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Marcel,
> > >
> > > Unfortunately, we are observing system suspend failures on multiple
> > > lab machines as reported in the BZ entry at
> > >
> > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207629
> > >
> > > which is due to the following commit:
> > >
> > > commit dd522a7429b07e4441871ae75ebbfcf53635bdd4
> > > Author: Abhishek Pandit-Subedi <abhishekpandit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date:   Wed Mar 11 08:54:02 2020 -0700
> > >
> > >     Bluetooth: Handle LE devices during suspend
> > >
> > > Ostensibly, this is because the BT firmware on the machines in
> > > question does not match the new kernel code, but the firmware update
> > > requirement is not entirely obvious to the users and the steps to take
> > > in order to upgrade the firmware are not clear.
> > >
> > > Apart from the above, failing system suspend for a reason like a
> > > protocol timeout isn't really user-friendly, because the user may just
> > > have closed the lid of a laptop and is expecting the system to be
> > > suspended (so it may go into a backpack or similar).  Yes, the driver
> > > may not be able to suspend its device gracefully, but failing the
> > > entire system suspend really is a big deal and should be treated as a
> > > last-resort type of action.
> > >
> > > As stated in the BZ above, reverting the above commit along with
> > > "Bluetooth: Pause discovery and advertising during suspend"
> > > (4867bd007d25a8dfd4ffc558534f7aec8b361789) makes the issue go away, so
> > > can you please consider doing that?
> > >
> > > Alternatively, would it be possible to address the issue in a way that
> > > would not require many users to update firmware on their systems?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Rafael



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