linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mei: remove dev_err message on an unsupported ioctl

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Date:   Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:49:58 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     "Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mei: remove dev_err message on an unsupported ioctl

On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 09:44:41PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 05:26:22PM +0000, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> > > >
> > > > Currently the driver spams the kernel log on unsupported ioctls
> > > > which is unnecessary as the ioctl returns -ENOIOCTLCMD to indicate this
> > anyway.
> > > > I suspect this was originally for debugging purposes but it really
> > > > is not required so remove it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > This is rather strange as most of the legimit applications are using
> > > one IOCTL from kernel 3.0 Do you have any reference where this call is
> > originated from, frankly this is the first time I got such complain.
> > >
> > > In any case it would be maybe better to change it a warn once call.
> > 
> > Just drop the message, it should not be this easy for userspace to spam the
> > kernel log.  The patch looks fine to me.
> > 
> Fair enough, add my ack too.
> 
> Still I'm curious if this comes from the field.

fuzzers are "in the field" :)