USB: add quirk to avoid config and interface strings

Apparently the Configuration and Interface strings aren't used as
often as the Vendor, Product, and Serial strings.  In at least one
device (a Saitek Cyborg Gold 3D joystick), attempts to read the
Configuration string cause the device to stop responding to Control
requests.

This patch (as1226) adds a quirks flag, telling the kernel not to
read a device's Configuration or Interface strings, together with a
new quirk for the offending joystick.
Reported-by: Melchior FRANZ <melchior.franz@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Melchior FRANZ <melchior.franz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>  [2.6.28 and 2.6.29, nothing earlier]
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

drivers/usb/core/message.c

@@ -1719,7 +1719,8 @@ int usb_set_configuration(struct usb_device *dev, int configuration)
 	}
 	kfree(new_interfaces);
 
-	if (cp->string == NULL)
+	if (cp->string == NULL &&
+			!(dev->quirks & USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS))
 		cp->string = usb_cache_string(dev, cp->desc.iConfiguration);
 
 	/* Now that all the interfaces are set up, register them

drivers/usb/core/quirks.c

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ static const struct usb_device_id usb_quirk_list[] = {
 	{ USB_DEVICE(0x0638, 0x0a13), .driver_info =
 	  USB_QUIRK_STRING_FETCH_255 },
 
+	/* Saitek Cyborg Gold Joystick */
+	{ USB_DEVICE(0x06a3, 0x0006), .driver_info =
+			USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS },
+
 	/* M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers */
 	{ USB_DEVICE(0x08ec, 0x1000), .driver_info = USB_QUIRK_RESET_RESUME },
 

drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/usb.h>
+#include <linux/usb/quirks.h>
 #include "usb.h"
 
 /* Active configuration fields */
@@ -813,7 +814,8 @@ int usb_create_sysfs_intf_files(struct usb_interface *intf)
 	if (intf->sysfs_files_created || intf->unregistering)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (alt->string == NULL)
+	if (alt->string == NULL &&
+			!(udev->quirks & USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS))
 		alt->string = usb_cache_string(udev, alt->desc.iInterface);
 	if (alt->string)
 		retval = device_create_file(&intf->dev, &dev_attr_interface);

include/linux/usb/quirks.h

@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@
 /* device can't handle Set-Interface requests */
 #define USB_QUIRK_NO_SET_INTF		0x00000004
 
+/* device can't handle its Configuration or Interface strings */
+#define USB_QUIRK_CONFIG_INTF_STRINGS	0x00000008
+
 #endif /* __LINUX_USB_QUIRKS_H */