linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serio: allow registered drivers to get status flag

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:05:51 +0100
From:	David Engraf <david.engraf@...go.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
CC:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serio: allow registered drivers to get status flag

Am 18.01.2011 20:57, schrieb Dmitry Torokhov:
> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 01:57:21PM +0100, David Engraf wrote:
>> Parse the status byte information to the registered serio drivers as
>> well as the character bytes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Engraf<david.engraf@...go.com>
>>
>
>> --- linux-2.6.37/drivers/input/serio/serport.c.orig	2011-01-18 12:33:41.421709232 +0100
>> +++ linux-2.6.37/drivers/input/serio/serport.c	2011-01-18 13:33:24.521711214 +0100
>> @@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ static void serport_ldisc_close(struct t
>>
>>   /*
>>    * serport_ldisc_receive() is called by the low level tty driver when characters
>> - * are ready for us. We forward the characters, one by one to the 'interrupt'
>> - * routine.
>> + * are ready for us. We forward the characters and flags, one by one to the
>> + * 'interrupt' routine.
>>    */
>>
>>   static void serport_ldisc_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp, char *fp, int count)
>> @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static void serport_ldisc_receive(struct
>>   		goto out;
>>
>>   	for (i = 0; i<  count; i++)
>> -		serio_interrupt(serport->serio, cp[i], 0);
>> +		serio_interrupt(serport->serio, cp[i], fp[i]);
>>
>
> Hi David,
>
> The flags argument that serio_interrupt() accepts not the raw protocol
> data, but sanitized, protocol-independent SERIO_TIMEOUT, SERIO_PARITY
> and SERIO_FRAME bits.
>
> Thanks.
>

Hi Dmitry,

I've updated the patch so that the raw protocol is converted to the 
SERIO_ bits. The raw protocol can parse only one flag, so I don't need 
to store multiple SERIO_ bits in the character flag variable.

Thanks
- David


Signed-off-by: David Engraf<david.engraf@...go.com>


View attachment "serport_parse_flags.diff" of type "text/x-diff" (1283 bytes)