Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Linux kernel Bluetooth ACL connection auto-disconnect

I finally found time to figure out why "hcitool cc" created connections die very soon (see previous posts). It turned out to be handled on the Linux kernel level. What's worse is that it's hardcoded at 2s - no provision for adjustment via sysfs for example. http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/include/net/bluetooth/hci.h?v=3.0#L120 :

118 /* HCI timeouts */
119 #define HCI_CONNECT_TIMEOUT     (40000) /* 40 seconds */
120 #define HCI_DISCONN_TIMEOUT     (2000)  /* 2 seconds */
121 #define HCI_PAIRING_TIMEOUT     (60000) /* 60 seconds */
122 #define HCI_IDLE_TIMEOUT        (6000)  /* 6 seconds */
123 #define HCI_INIT_TIMEOUT        (10000) /* 10 seconds */
124 #define HCI_CMD_TIMEOUT         (1000)  /* 1 seconds */

Actual disconnection happens in hci_conn_timeout(). Other issue is that such disconnect reported as "Remote User Terminated Connection", which is, well, not true, as I don't terminate it, the system does. There's another status code, "Remote Device Terminated Connection due to Low Resources" which IMHO more suitable (if there's no "low resources", why do you disconnect so quickly, dear Linux?).

I quickly made a patch to be able to adjust disconnect timeout via sysfs, to experiment with low level connection more comfortably. Unfortunately, it turns out that I can extend delay to max 10s, even if set value much higher. So, something appears to call disconnect routine, even though I don't see any other references or timer manipulation %).
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 1, 2012 at 6:38 AM

    Hello,
    i also have the "Remote User Terminated Connection"-problem. Did you find a solution for it? I even don't find the line "#define HCI_DISCONN_TIMEOUT (2000)" in my bluez source =(
    Regards, Steffen

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  2. Ahmed AbdelfattahSeptember 13, 2012 at 4:25 AM

    Thanks for this valuable information.

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