linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: logitech-dj: prevent false errors to be shown

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 03:00:18 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
To:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
cc:	Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ben Hawkes <hawkes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: logitech-dj: prevent false errors to be shown

On Mon, 25 Aug 2014, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:

> > > Commit "HID: logitech: perform bounds checking on device_id early
> > > enough" unfortunately leaks some errors to dmesg which are not real
> > > ones:
> > > - if the report is not a DJ one, then there is not point in checking
> > >   the device_id
> > > - the receiver (index 0) can also receive some notifications which
> > >   can be safely ignored given the current implementation
> > > 
> > > Move out the test regarding the report_id and also discards
> > > printing errors when the receiver got notified.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>
> > 
> > I have now queued this one for 3.17. Adding Markus to CC -- Markus, this 
> > should make the spurious error messages you have reported go away.
> 
> Indeed it does. Feel free to add:
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>

Excellent, thanks. Will be pushing it to Linus this week.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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