[pulseaudio-discuss] [PATCH v4 0/3] use bluetooth HFP in pulseaudio when available

Thu Sep 21 14:28:38 UTC 2017

On Thu, 2017-09-21 at 08:13 +0200, Georg Chini wrote:
> On 21.09.2017 06:45, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-09-21 at 06:27 +0200, Georg Chini wrote:
> > > On 20.09.2017 23:12, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2017-09-20 at 20:41 +0200, Georg Chini wrote:
> > > > > On 20.09.2017 20:10, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, 2017-09-20 at 18:11 +0200, Georg Chini wrote:
> > > > > > > On 20.09.2017 01:27, James Bottomley wrote:
> > > > > > > > This is round 4 of the initial bluetooth: separate HSP and
> > > > > > > > HFP patch.
> > > > > > > >      It includes the review feedback and a global on/off
> > > > > > > > switch just in case there's a problem headset with dual
> > > > > > > > HFP/HSP but non-working HFP.   This one now includes a
> > > > > > > > proper rfcomm negotiation (see patch 3).  I've finally
> > > > > > > > figured out a bug in the rfcomm negotiation that was
> > > > > > > > causing issues with my LG 900 headset, so I think it's now
> > > > > > > > working for everything (but testing would be welcome).
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > James Bottomley (3):
> > > > > > > >       bluetooth: use consistent profile names
> > > > > > > >       bluetooth: separate HSP and HFP
> > > > > > > >       bluetooth: add correct HFP rfcomm negotiation
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > >      src/modules/bluetooth/backend-native.c          | 168
> > > > > > > > +++++++++++++++++++++---
> > > > > > > >      src/modules/bluetooth/backend-ofono.c           |   4
> > > > > > > > +-
> > > > > > > >      src/modules/bluetooth/bluez5-util.c             |  46
> > > > > > > > +++++--
> > > > > > > >      src/modules/bluetooth/bluez5-util.h             |  10
> > > > > > > > +-
> > > > > > > >      src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluetooth-policy.c |   3
> > > > > > > > +-
> > > > > > > >      src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-device.c    | 102
> > > > > > > > ++++++++++----
> > > > > > > >      src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluez5-discover.c  |   6
> > > > > > > > +-
> > > > > > > >      7 files changed, 274 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Hello James,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > thank you for continuing your work. Unfortunately your patch
> > > > > > > set collides with running ofono. Currently, with the default
> > > > > > > of "headest=auto", the native and the ofono backends are
> > > > > > > active in parallel. This is possible because ofono only
> > > > > > > supports HFP while PA only supports HSP.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > If PA starts supporting HFP headsets, this breaks above
> > > > > > > assumption and ofono and PA both try to register the
> > > > > > > corresponding HFP UUID.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > To work around the problem, I suggest to disable native HFP
> > > > > > > support if headset_backend == HEADSET_BACKEND_AUTO, unless
> > > > > > > configured otherwise on the command line.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Actually, Pulseaudio already includes an ofono is running
> > > > > > check, so the enable should be set to no for backend ofono or
> > > > > > backend auto and ofono running, which would enable it in the
> > > > > > widest possible set of scenarios.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I can cook up a patch for that, hang on.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > James
> > > > > 
> > > > > This does only work for the special case when PA acts in the
> > > > > HSP headset role. In this case, no duplicate UUIDs are registered
> > > > > and disabling the profile only needs to be done because otherwise
> > > > > PA and ofono would both be listening for incoming SCO
> > > > > connections.
> > > > 
> > > > It seems to me that pulse checks the dbus connection to ofono
> > > > before deciding on the backend (and therefore deciding what to
> > > > register), so as long as pulse finds ofono running, there won't be
> > > > any duplicate registrations.
> > > > 
> > > > > The case here is different in that a duplicate UUID is
> > > > > registered. This means, by the time PA recognizes that ofono is
> > > > > running, ofono already tried to register the UUID and failed.
> > > > > That's why you have to disable HFP even if ofono is currently not
> > > > > running.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think that can be true if ofono is already running, can it?
> > > >    Either ofono registered the HFP UUIDs way earlier or pulse sees
> > > > ofono isn't running and registers them.
> > > > 
> > > > I don't think requiring the ofono daemon to be running before
> > > > pulseaudio is insurmountable.  On my openSUSE system, ofono is
> > > > started from systemd and pulse from user login, so this is
> > > > automatically satisfied.  I think where pulse is used in system
> > > > mode, you just have to tell systemd to start ofono first, which is
> > > > certainly doable.
> > > 
> > > I don't think it is a good idea to rely on the order ofono and pulse
> > > are started. Also. if pulse is running and has already registered
> > > the UUID, what will happen if ofono starts? ofono has no checks
> > > for pulse and will simply try to register the UUID. I fear that this
> > > happens before pulse recognizes that ofono is running.
> > 
> > This is an initialisation issue for how you want everything to work.
> >   The current distro setup is ofono from systemd and pulse from login,
> > so I can't actually see what the problem is ... unless there's some
> > reason why what the distros are doing is wrong?
> > 
> > If pulse is already running when you start ofono, that's caveat emptor
> > ... plus, as far as I can tell, it still all works because ofono
> > doesn't seem to get the uuid.
> > 
> > The point is to get a working default configuration the distros can
> > use.  That means that we need a good way of distinguishing the non-
> > ofono case for backend = auto.  Ofono not running seems to be the
> > definitive test unless there's another you can propose?
> 
> People may start/stop ofono/PA manually (or PA may crash
> and be re-spawned). The main point is that currently there is
> no restriction on the order you start things and your patch set
> should not introduce it.
> But maybe using the same approach like for the HSP headset
> role of PA works if PA sees ofono before ofono tries to register
> the UUID. I guess the best idea is to test what happens.
> 
> > 
> > > > The current fly in the ointment is that for a dual HFP/HSP device,
> > > > we need to fall back to the HSP profile not simply disable the HFP
> > > > one, which requires extra jiggerypokery.
> > > 
> > > No, you don't need to fall back to HSP. The HFP connection will
> > > be handled by ofono in that case.
> > 
> > Well, yes you do.  There's no current easy way to use HFP_HF with
> > ofono, so you want the HSP profile to be exposed if it exists, so
> > there's an easy connection to the headset.
> 
> If ofono exposes HFP, you won't get your headset to connect to HSP, even
> if the device supports both, unless you could switch off HFP on the device
> side. Since PA 11.0 HFP_HF is working quite well with ofono, though it is
> clumsy to set up. And if you run ofono you might want headset support
> through ofono because ofono enables the HFP control features which
> PA cannot support.
> 
> My suggestion was to disable HFP in "headset=auto" mode only if you
> don't overwrite it on the command line. If you run ofono with
> --noplugin=hfp_ag_bluez5 and enable HFP support in PA explicitly,
> you will still have HFP headset support through PA if you want it, only
> the default would be to go through ofono like it is now. I think you should
> have the choice of three options:
> 
> 1) No ofono at all, everything goes through the native backend
> 2) HFP_HF support through PA, HFP_AG support through ofono
> 3) HFP_HF and HFP_AG support through ofono

(Note about terminology: to me "HFP HF support through PA" means that
PA implements the HF role, but you seem to understand "HFP HF support
through PA" so that PA implements the AG role. In the following text I
use my definition.)

I think we should use the native backend for the HFP AG role by
default. If the native HFP AG implementation causes a conflict with
ofono in its default configuration (which seems likely to be the case),
then "headset=auto" should not enable the native HFP AG implementation,
which then means that we should use "headset=native" by default.

Using "headset=native" by default means that we lose HFP HF support in
the default configuration, but I don't think that's a big loss.

If we want to support the "HFP AG support through PA, HFP HF support
through ofono" case, then some new configuration option is needed, and
I think it would be clearest if that would be a separate patch after
this series.

-- 
Tanu

https://www.patreon.com/tanuk