On Mi, 2018-09-05 at 14:19 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 12:07:03PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > If we filter flags before they reach the core we need to generate our
> > own warnings.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneu...@suse.com>
> > Fixes: 0cb54a3e47cb ("USB: debugging code shouldn't alter control flow")
> > ---
> > drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> > index 263dd2f309fb..244417d0dfd1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
> > @@ -1697,6 +1697,11 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct usb_dev_state
> > *ps, struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb
> > u |= URB_NO_INTERRUPT;
> > as->urb->transfer_flags = u;
> >
> > + if (!allow_short && uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK)
> > + dev_warn(&ps->dev->dev, "Requested nonsensical
> > USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK.\n");
> > + if (!allow_zero && uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_ZERO_PACKET)
> > + dev_warn(&ps->dev->dev, "Requested nonsensical
> > USBDEVFS_URB_ZERO_PACKET.\n");
>
> We should not make it trivial for userspace to spam the kernel log if at
> all possible. Returning an error is probably the better thing to do
> here, not just silently fix it up or ignore it.
That means a change in the API in a way that makes orking systems fail.
Do you want an extra version for stable?
Regards
Oliver
