Re: [PATCH] HID: elecom: rewrite report fixup for EX-G and future mice

From: Tomasz Kramkowski
Date: Sat Dec 09 2017 - 12:23:25 EST


On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 11:04:37AM +0100, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Dec 2017, Tomasz Kramkowski wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 08:55:50PM +0000, Tomasz Kramkowski wrote:
> > > +static void mouse_button_fixup(struct hid_device *hdev,
> > > + __u8 *rdesc, unsigned int *rsize,
> > > + int nbuttons)
> >
> > I've just remembered what has been bugging me yesterday when I was
> > reviewing this patch. I had come to the realisation (and then
> > subsequently forgotten) that this function should probably return __u8 *
> > and also get assigned to rdesc on the other end. It seems to me that it
> > makes most sense to allow for the possibility (although slim) of this
> > function eventually being expanded to actually replace the report
> > descriptor
>
> Sure, but you can extend the API of mouse_button_fixup() once such need
> arises; no need to pass data pointers around without having actual use for
> them.

Alright, that's fine. Anything else to change before I send a v2? Also,
would you like v2 in-reply-to the root of this thread or as its own
thread?

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