linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: core: Provide new max_buffer

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2301181002550.1734@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:03:44 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>
cc:     benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com, avid.rheinsberg@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] HID: core: Provide new max_buffer_size attribute to
 over-ride the default

On Fri, 13 Jan 2023, Lee Jones wrote:

> Presently, when a report is processed, its size is compared solely 
> against the value specified by user-space.  

While I am generally fine with the idea, I don't understand this sentence. 
What exactly do you mean by 'specified by user-space'? It's defined as a 
compile-time constant.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs