This has been already publicly discussed here, so I am just posting for completeness. patch 1: request to revert it: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10844177/#22651385 patch 2&3: related thread: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/28/778 patch 4: bug link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203619 and related thread: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/28/778 Cheers, Benjamin Benjamin Tissoires (3): Revert "HID: Increase maximum report size allowed by hid_field_extract()" Revert "HID: core: Do not call request_module() in async context" Revert "HID: core: Call request_module before doing device_add" Hans de Goede (1): HID: logitech-dj: Fix 064d:c52f receiver support drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 16 +++---------- drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) -- 2.19.2