Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: add quirk disabling query LE tx power

From: Marcel Holtmann
Date: Thu Sep 30 2021 - 13:59:01 EST


Hi Orlando,

> Querying LE tx power on startup broke Bluetooth on some Broadcom chips
> in Apple computers (at least MacBookPro16,1 and iMac20,1). Added a quirk
> disabling this query for affected devices, based off their common chip
> id 150. Affected devices will not be able to query LE tx power, however
> they were not doing this before.
>
> Fixes: 7c395ea521e6m ("Bluetooth: Query LE tx power on startup")
> Signed-off-by: Orlando Chamberlain <redecorating@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c | 4 ++++
> include/net/bluetooth/hci.h | 8 ++++++++
> net/bluetooth/hci_core.c | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c
> index e4182acee488..4ecc50d93107 100644
> --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c
> +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.c
> @@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ static int btbcm_read_info(struct hci_dev *hdev)
> return PTR_ERR(skb);
>
> bt_dev_info(hdev, "BCM: chip id %u", skb->data[1]);
> +
> + if (skb->data[1] == 150)
> + set_bit(HCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_READ_TRANSMIT_POWER, &hdev->quirks);
> +
> kfree_skb(skb);
>
> /* Read Controller Features */
> diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
> index b80415011dcd..5e0dd0c39ade 100644
> --- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
> +++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h
> @@ -246,6 +246,14 @@ enum {
> * HCI after resume.
> */
> HCI_QUIRK_NO_SUSPEND_NOTIFIER,
> +
> + /*
> + * When this quirk is set, LE tx power is not queried on startup.
> + *
> + * This quirk can be set before hci_register_dev is called or
> + * during the hdev->setup vendor callback.
> + */
> + HCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_READ_TRANSMIT_POWER,
> };
>
> /* HCI device flags */
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
> index 8a47a3017d61..16e39739c662 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_core.c
> @@ -742,7 +742,8 @@ static int hci_init3_req(struct hci_request *req, unsigned long opt)
> hci_req_add(req, HCI_OP_LE_READ_ADV_TX_POWER, 0, NULL);
> }
>
> - if (hdev->commands[38] & 0x80) {
> + if (hdev->commands[38] & 0x80 &&
> + !test_bit(HCI_QUIRK_BROKEN_READ_TRANSMIT_POWER, &hdev->quirks)) {
> /* Read LE Min/Max Tx Power*/
> hci_req_add(req, HCI_OP_LE_READ_TRANSMIT_POWER,
> 0, NULL);

so I really need the btmon traces from the device init (so unload and reload the module) and we need to see what commands are supported and what commands are failing.

Since you say this is on a MacBook, I assume this is an UART based Broadcom chip. Sometimes Broadcom has been really flaky with their actually implemented commands. However in some cases firmware updates do fix this. So any chance you can boot OS X and check that the latest firmware is loaded.

Regards

Marcel