This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing check for input_ff_create_memless
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
hid-nvidia-shield-add-missing-check-for-input_ff_cre.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit d915eeb5490fe2fa38d08b1cd6d0f44092c1e169
Author: Chen Ni <nichen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed May 15 11:30:51 2024 +0800
HID: nvidia-shield: Add missing check for input_ff_create_memless
[ Upstream commit 0a3f9f7fc59feb8a91a2793b8b60977895c72365 ]
Add check for the return value of input_ff_create_memless() and return
the error if it fails in order to catch the error.
Fixes: 09308562d4af ("HID: nvidia-shield: Initial driver implementation with Thunderstrike support")
Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Rahul Rameshbabu <rrameshbabu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-nvidia-shield.c b/drivers/hid/hid-nvidia-shield.c
index edd0b0f1193bd..97dfa3694ff04 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-nvidia-shield.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-nvidia-shield.c
@@ -283,7 +283,9 @@ static struct input_dev *shield_haptics_create(
return haptics;
input_set_capability(haptics, EV_FF, FF_RUMBLE);
- input_ff_create_memless(haptics, NULL, play_effect);
+ ret = input_ff_create_memless(haptics, NULL, play_effect);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err;
ret = input_register_device(haptics);
if (ret)
