Re: [PATCH] Revert "Bluetooth: hci_qca: Set BDA quirk bit if fwnode exists in DT"

From: Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@gmail.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>
Cc: Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@lists.linux.dev>,
	Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>,
	 Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>,
	linux-bluetooth@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org,
	 Janaki Ramaiah Thota <quic_janathot@quicinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "Bluetooth: hci_qca: Set BDA quirk bit if fwnode exists in DT"
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:39:03 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABBYNZJaXUhu1A+NyVT-TAJw49zcV6TMdGeVy2F+AVKWBOVC-g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZgGzWWV4Lh2Nal--@hovoldconsulting.com>

Hi Johan

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 1:24 PM Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 01:10:13PM -0400, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 9:57 AM Linux regression tracking (Thorsten
> > Leemhuis) <regressions@leemhuis.info> wrote:
> > > On 14.03.24 16:07, Johan Hovold wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 10:30:36AM -0400, Luiz Augusto von Dentz wrote:
> > > >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 4:44 AM Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>> This reverts commit 7dcd3e014aa7faeeaf4047190b22d8a19a0db696.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Qualcomm Bluetooth controllers like WCN6855 do not have persistent
> > > >>> storage for the Bluetooth address and must therefore start as
> > > >>> unconfigured to allow the user to set a valid address unless one has
> > > >>> been provided by the boot firmware in the devicetree.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> A recent change snuck into v6.8-rc7 and incorrectly started marking the
> > > >>> default (non-unique) address as valid. This specifically also breaks the
> > > >>> Bluetooth setup for some user of the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Note that this is the second time Qualcomm breaks the driver this way
> > > >>> and that this was fixed last year by commit 6945795bc81a ("Bluetooth:
> > > >>> fix use-bdaddr-property quirk"), which also has some further details.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Fixes: 7dcd3e014aa7 ("Bluetooth: hci_qca: Set BDA quirk bit if fwnode exists in DT")
> > > >>> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org      # 6.8
> > > >>> Cc: Janaki Ramaiah Thota <quic_janathot@quicinc.com>
> > > >>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>
>
> > > ...the plan forward here? This to me sounds like a case where a quick
> > > revert is the right (interim?) solution, but nevertheless nothing
> > > happened for ~10 days now afaics. Or am I missing something?
>
> > I guess the following is the latest version:
> >
> > https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/bluetooth/list/?series=836664
> >
> > Or are you working on a v5?
>
> This patch (revert) fixes a separate issue than the series you link to
> above, but it is also a prerequisite for that series.
>
> v4 is indeed the latest version, and it has been acked by Rob and Bjorn
> so you can take it all through the Bluetooth tree. Just remember to
> apply this patch (the revert) first.

Doesn't seem to apply cleanly:

Applying: Bluetooth: qca: fix device-address endianness
error: patch failed: drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c:1904
error: drivers/bluetooth/hci_qca.c: patch does not apply
Patch failed at 0004 Bluetooth: qca: fix device-address endianness

> Johan

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Luiz Augusto von Dentz