This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled usb: quirks: add control message delay for 1b1c:1b20 to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: usb-quirks-add-control-message-delay-for-1b1c-1b20.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From cb88a0588717ba6c756cb5972d75766b273a6817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 09:38:49 +0100 Subject: usb: quirks: add control message delay for 1b1c:1b20 From: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit cb88a0588717ba6c756cb5972d75766b273a6817 upstream. Corsair Strafe RGB keyboard does not respond to usb control messages sometimes and hence generates timeouts. Commit de3af5bf259d ("usb: quirks: add delay init quirk for Corsair Strafe RGB keyboard") tried to fix those timeouts by adding USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT. Unfortunately, even with this quirk timeouts of usb_control_msg() can still be seen, but with a lower frequency (approx. 1 out of 15): [ 29.103520] usb 1-8: string descriptor 0 read error: -110 [ 34.363097] usb 1-8: can't set config #1, error -110 Adding further delays to different locations where usb control messages are issued just moves the timeouts to other locations, e.g.: [ 35.400533] usbhid 1-8:1.0: can't add hid device: -110 [ 35.401014] usbhid: probe of 1-8:1.0 failed with error -110 The only way to reliably avoid those issues is having a pause after each usb control message. In approx. 200 boot cycles no more timeouts were seen. Addionaly, keep USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT as it turned out to be necessary to have the delay in hub_port_connect() after hub_port_init(). The overall boot time seems not to be influenced by these additional delays, even on fast machines and lightweight distributions. Fixes: de3af5bf259d ("usb: quirks: add delay init quirk for Corsair Strafe RGB keyboard") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/core/message.c | 4 ++++ drivers/usb/core/quirks.c | 3 ++- include/linux/usb/quirks.h | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/usb/core/message.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/message.c @@ -147,6 +147,10 @@ int usb_control_msg(struct usb_device *d ret = usb_internal_control_msg(dev, pipe, dr, data, size, timeout); + /* Linger a bit, prior to the next control message. */ + if (dev->quirks & USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG) + msleep(200); + kfree(dr); return ret; --- a/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c +++ b/drivers/usb/core/quirks.c @@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ static const struct usb_device_id usb_qu USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_UFRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL }, /* Corsair Strafe RGB */ - { USB_DEVICE(0x1b1c, 0x1b20), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT }, + { USB_DEVICE(0x1b1c, 0x1b20), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT | + USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG }, /* Corsair K70 LUX */ { USB_DEVICE(0x1b1c, 0x1b36), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_DELAY_INIT }, --- a/include/linux/usb/quirks.h +++ b/include/linux/usb/quirks.h @@ -56,4 +56,7 @@ */ #define USB_QUIRK_LINEAR_FRAME_INTR_BINTERVAL BIT(11) +/* Device needs a pause after every control message. */ +#define USB_QUIRK_DELAY_CTRL_MSG BIT(13) + #endif /* __LINUX_USB_QUIRKS_H */ Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from danilokrummrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.18/usb-quirks-add-control-message-delay-for-1b1c-1b20.patch