linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: playstation: Add missing check for input_ff_create

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Message-ID: <d516226b-552f-42ab-92b8-66b44f706495@web.de>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:37:14 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: vulab@...as.ac.cn, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>, Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
 Roderick Colenbrander <roderick.colenbrander@...y.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: playstation: Add missing check for
 input_ff_create_memless

> The ps_gamepad_create() function calls input_ff_create_memless()
> without verifying its return value,  which can lead to incorrect
> behavior or potential crashes when FF effects are triggered.

You may occasionally put more than 64 characters into text lines
of such a change description.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.18-rc5#n658

> Add a check for the return value of input_ff_create_memless().

Would it be helpful to append parentheses also to the function name
in the summary phrase?

Regards,
Markus