netdev - Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hidp: Fix assumptions on the return value of hidp_send

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Date:   Fri, 6 Sep 2019 15:57:23 +0200
From:   Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:     Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
Cc:     Dan Elkouby <streetwalkermc@...il.com>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Fabian Henneke <fabian.henneke@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Bluetooth: hidp: Fix assumptions on the return value of
 hidp_send_message

Hi Jiri,

>> hidp_send_message was changed to return non-zero values on success,
>> which some other bits did not expect. This caused spurious errors to be
>> propagated through the stack, breaking some drivers, such as hid-sony
>> for the Dualshock 4 in Bluetooth mode.
>> 
>> As pointed out by Dan Carpenter, hid-microsoft directly relied on that
>> assumption as well.
>> 
>> Fixes: 48d9cc9d85dd ("Bluetooth: hidp: Let hidp_send_message return number of queued bytes")
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Elkouby <streetwalkermc@...il.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
> 
> Marcel, are you taking this through your tree?

I am taking this through my tree. And yes, I applied the updated patch, but answered the other ;)

Regards

Marcel