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

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Message-ID: <20140825075552.GA298@x4>
Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2014 09:55:52 +0200
From:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
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 2014.08.25 at 02:50 -0500, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Aug 2014, Benjamin Tissoires 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>

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Markus
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