[Linux-parport] [PATCH] IEEE1284 Device ID read fixes

Marko Kohtala marko.kohtala at luukku.com
Sun Jan 16 16:55:48 EST 2005


Would this make any better fix for parport_device_id?

Again. I do not have any device to test this with so please try it out and 
report/fix any problems you find.

It tries to take into account the device bugs including the LE length. If I'm 
not mistaken, there is a theoretical possibility that it only reads part of 
Device ID in case the reported length is 0x201 and we first try reading only 
0x102 and the ID happens to have ';' at the end of this 0x102 bytes. However I 
think this is so remote chance and even if it happens, the device must have 
sent the mandatory fields already.

Also, I did not include the Signed-off-by lines in the previous ones. Are they 
needed? Is posting on this list enough to get these fixes included?

This is against 2.6.11-rc1. Signed off just in case it works.

Signed-off-by: Marko Kohtala <marko.kohtala at luukku.com>

--- 1.7/drivers/parport/probe.c	2005-01-05 04:48:13 +02:00
+++ 1.11/drivers/parport/probe.c	2005-01-16 23:38:43 +02:00
@@ -137,8 +137,118 @@
  	kfree(txt);
  }

+/* Read up to count-1 bytes of device id. Terminate buffer with
+ * '\0'. Buffer begins with two Device ID length bytes as give by
+ * device. */
+static ssize_t parport_read_device_id (struct parport *port, char *buffer,
+				       size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned char length[2];
+	unsigned lelen, belen;
+	size_t idlens[4];
+	unsigned numidlens;
+	unsigned current_idlen;
+	ssize_t retval;
+	ssize_t len;
+
+	/* First two bytes are MSB,LSB of inclusive length. */
+	retval = parport_read (port, length, 2);
+
+	if (retval < 0)
+		return retval;
+	if (retval != 2)
+		return -EIO;
+
+	memcpy(buffer, length, 2);
+	len = 2;
+
+	/* Some devices wrongly send LE length, and some send it two
+	 * bytes short. Construct a sorted array of lengths to try. */
+	belen = (length[0] << 8) + length[1];
+	lelen = (length[1] << 8) + length[0];
+	idlens[0] = min(belen, lelen);
+	idlens[1] = idlens[0]+2;
+	if (belen != lelen) {
+		int off = 2;
+		/* Don't try lenghts of 0x100 and 0x200 as 1 and 2 */
+		if (idlens[0] <= 2)
+			off = 0;
+		idlens[off] = max(belen, lelen);
+		idlens[off+1] = idlens[off]+2;
+		numidlens = off+2;
+	}
+	else {
+		/* Some devices don't truly implement Device ID, but just
+		   return constant nibble forever. This catches also those
+		   cases. */
+		if (idlens[0] == 0 || idlens[0] > 0xFFF) {
+			printk (KERN_DEBUG "%s: reported broken Device ID"
+				" length of %#zX bytes\n",
+				port->name, idlens[0]);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
+		numidlens = 2;
+	}
+
+	/* Try to respect the given ID length despite all the bugs in
+	 * the ID length. Read according to shortest possible ID
+	 * first. */
+	for (current_idlen = 0; current_idlen < numidlens; ++current_idlen) {
+		size_t idlen = idlens[current_idlen];
+		if (idlen >= count)
+			break;
+
+		retval = parport_read (port, buffer+len, idlen-len);
+
+		if (retval < 0)
+			return retval;
+		len += retval;
+
+		if (port->physport->ieee1284.phase == IEEE1284_PH_HBUSY_DNA)
+		   goto done;
+
+		/* This might end reading the Device ID too
+		 * soon. Hopefully the needed fields were already in
+		 * the first 256 bytes or so that we must have read so
+		 * far. */
+		if (buffer[len-1] == ';') {
+			printk (KERN_DEBUG "%s: stopped Device ID reading"
+				" before device told data not available\n",
+				port->name);
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+	if (current_idlen < numidlens) {
+		/* Buffer not large enough. Read the whole ID just in
+		 * case the device would not otherwise give back the
+		 * Device ID from beginning next time when asked. */
+		char buffer[4];
+		size_t idlen;
+		if (len+1 < count) {
+			retval = parport_read (port, buffer+len, count-len-1);
+			if (retval < 0)
+				return retval;
+			len += retval;
+		}
+		idlen = idlens[current_idlen];
+		while(len < idlen && retval > 0) {
+			retval = parport_read (port, buffer+len,
+					       min(sizeof buffer, idlen-len));
+			if (retval < 0)
+				return retval;
+			len += retval;
+		}
+	}
+	/* In addition, there are broken devices out there that don't
+	   even finish off with a semi-colon. We do not need to care
+	   about those at this time. */
+ done:
+	buffer[len] = '\0';
+	return len;
+}
+
  /* Get Std 1284 Device ID. */
-ssize_t parport_device_id (int devnum, char *buffer, size_t len)
+ssize_t parport_device_id (int devnum, char *buffer, size_t count)
  {
  	ssize_t retval = -ENXIO;
  	struct pardevice *dev = parport_open (devnum, "Device ID probe",
@@ -148,76 +258,20 @@

  	parport_claim_or_block (dev);

-	/* Negotiate to compatibility mode, and then to device ID mode.
-	 * (This is in case we are already in device ID mode.) */
+	/* Negotiate to compatibility mode, and then to device ID
+	 * mode.  (This so that we start form beginning of device ID
+	 * if already in device ID mode.) */
  	parport_negotiate (dev->port, IEEE1284_MODE_COMPAT);
  	retval = parport_negotiate (dev->port,
  				    IEEE1284_MODE_NIBBLE | IEEE1284_DEVICEID);

  	if (!retval) {
-		int idlen;
-		unsigned char length[2];
-
-		/* First two bytes are MSB,LSB of inclusive length. */
-		retval = parport_read (dev->port, length, 2);
-
-		if (retval != 2) goto end_id;
-
-		idlen = (length[0] << 8) + length[1] - 2;
-		/*
-		 * Check if the caller-allocated buffer is large enough
-		 * otherwise bail out or there will be an at least off by one.
-		 */
-		if (idlen + 1 < len)
-			len = idlen;
-		else {
-			retval = -EINVAL;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		retval = parport_read (dev->port, buffer, len);
-
-		if (retval != len)
-			printk (KERN_DEBUG "%s: only read %Zd of %Zd ID bytes\n",
-				dev->port->name, retval,
-				len);
-
-		/* Some printer manufacturers mistakenly believe that
-                   the length field is supposed to be _exclusive_.
-		   In addition, there are broken devices out there
-                   that don't even finish off with a semi-colon. */
-		if (buffer[len - 1] != ';') {
-			ssize_t diff;
-			diff = parport_read (dev->port, buffer + len, 2);
-			retval += diff;
-
-			if (diff)
-				printk (KERN_DEBUG
-					"%s: device reported incorrect "
-					"length field (%d, should be %Zd)\n",
-					dev->port->name, idlen, retval);
-			else {
-				/* One semi-colon short of a device ID. */
-				buffer[len++] = ';';
-				printk (KERN_DEBUG "%s: faking semi-colon\n",
-					dev->port->name);
-
-				/* If we get here, I don't think we
-                                   need to worry about the possible
-                                   standard violation of having read
-                                   more than we were told to.  The
-                                   device is non-compliant anyhow. */
-			}
-		}
-
-	end_id:
-		buffer[len] = '\0';
+		retval = parport_read_device_id (dev->port, buffer, count);
  		parport_negotiate (dev->port, IEEE1284_MODE_COMPAT);
+		if (retval > 2)
+			parse_data (dev->port, dev->daisy, buffer+2);
  	}

-	if (retval > 2)
-		parse_data (dev->port, dev->daisy, buffer);
-
-out:
  	parport_release (dev);
  	parport_close (dev);
  	return retval;



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