linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_event: Remove excessive bluetooth warning

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Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:32:32 +0100
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Mike Lothian <mike@...eburn.co.uk>
Cc:     Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        Luiz Augusto von Dentz <luiz.dentz@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        BlueZ <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hci_event: Remove excessive bluetooth warning

Hi Mike,

> Fixes: 3e54c5890c87a ("Bluetooth: hci_event: Use of a function table to handle HCI events")
> Signed-off-by: Mike Lothian <mike@...eburn.co.uk>
> ---
> net/bluetooth/hci_event.c | 8 --------
> 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> index fc30f4c03d29..aa57fccd2e47 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_event.c
> @@ -6818,14 +6818,6 @@ static void hci_event_func(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 event, struct sk_buff *skb,
> 		return;
> 	}
> 
> -	/* Just warn if the length is over max_len size it still be
> -	 * possible to partially parse the event so leave to callback to
> -	 * decide if that is acceptable.
> -	 */
> -	if (skb->len > ev->max_len)
> -		bt_dev_warn(hdev, "unexpected event 0x%2.2x length: %u > %u",
> -			    event, skb->len, ev->max_len);
> -

which event type is this? You need to have a commit message giving details. I am also pretty sure that this is broken hardware and we can go for ratelimited version, but the warning is justified if the hardware is stupid. If our table is wrong, we fix the table, but not just silence an unpleasant warning.

Regards

Marcel