Re: [PATCH] HID: Increase maximum report size allowed by hid_field_extract()

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Thu May 09 2019 - 15:31:46 EST


On Fri, 26 Apr 2019, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:

> >Ronald (Cc-ed) raised quite a good point:
> >what's the benefit of removing the error message if this function (and
> >__extract) can only report an unsigned 32 bits value?
>
> I didnât spot this, sorry.
>
> >
> >My take is we should revert 94a9992f7dbdfb28976b upstream and think at
> >a better solution.
>
> I think using a new fix to replace it will be a better approach, as it at
> least partially solves the issue.

Guys, did this fall in between cracks? Is anyone planning to send a fixup?

Thanks,

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs