On Wed, 18 Jan 2023, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2023, Lee Jones wrote: > > > > > Presently, when a report is processed, its size is compared solely > > > > against the value specified by user-space. > > > > > > While I am generally fine with the idea, I don't understand this sentence. > > > What exactly do you mean by 'specified by user-space'? It's defined as a > > > compile-time constant. > > > > > > > If the received report ends up being smaller than this, the > > > > remainder of the buffer is zeroed. > > > > Apologies for any ambiguity. > > > > "its size" == "compile-time constant" > > > > Would "its maximum size" read better? > > I think that the confusion comes from the fact that the changelog is > written solely with the UHID usercase on mind ... ? (which is dealt with > in the independent followup patch). Quite possibly, yes. Since this is the way the bug was reported to me and how I presently view it. However, I suppose reports do not always originate from user-space. Good point. How would you like me to move forward? Would you like me to re-write the commit log to be more generic? -- Lee Jones [李琼斯]
