[PATCH v2 1/5] HID: core: Move internal declarations and drop unused exports

From: Dmitry Torokhov

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 18:42:27 EST


Several declarations in the public HID header and exported symbols are
used solely within the core HID module (linked together from hid-core,
hid-input, and hid-quirks into hid.o).

Move internal request, input hook, resolution multiplier, and device
matching declarations into a private header shared across core HID
sources, and drop the unused GPL symbol exports.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 3 +--
drivers/hid/hid-core.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/hid/hid-input.c | 4 +---
drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c | 1 +
include/linux/hid.h | 8 --------
5 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index ec7c2860c93e..e2944dbdc9e6 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/hid-debug.h>
#include <linux/hidraw.h>

+#include "hid-core.h"
#include "hid-ids.h"

/*
@@ -1249,7 +1250,6 @@ void hid_setup_resolution_multiplier(struct hid_device *hid)
}
}
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_setup_resolution_multiplier);

static int hid_parse_collections(struct hid_device *device)
{
@@ -2038,7 +2038,6 @@ int __hid_request(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report,

return 0;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__hid_request);

int hid_report_raw_event(struct hid_device *hid, enum hid_report_type type, u8 *data,
size_t bufsize, u32 size, int interrupt)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.h b/drivers/hid/hid-core.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..653bf0f32f94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+#ifndef __HID_CORE_H
+#define __HID_CORE_H
+
+#include <linux/hid.h>
+
+int __hid_request(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report,
+ enum hid_class_request reqtype);
+
+int hidinput_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int connect_mask);
+void hidinput_disconnect(struct hid_device *hid);
+void hidinput_hid_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_field *field,
+ struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value);
+void hidinput_report_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report);
+
+void hid_setup_resolution_multiplier(struct hid_device *hid);
+bool hid_match_one_id(const struct hid_device *hdev,
+ const struct hid_device_id *id);
+
+#endif /* __HID_CORE_H */
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
index edd6bbf8342b..d7213f1c417c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/hid.h>
#include <linux/hid-debug.h>

+#include "hid-core.h"
#include "hid-ids.h"

#define unk KEY_UNKNOWN
@@ -1805,7 +1806,6 @@ void hidinput_report_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report)
list_for_each_entry(hidinput, &hid->inputs, list)
input_sync(hidinput->input);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hidinput_report_event);

static int hidinput_find_field(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int type,
unsigned int code, struct hid_field **field)
@@ -2447,7 +2447,6 @@ int hidinput_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int connect_mask)

return -1;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hidinput_connect);

void hidinput_disconnect(struct hid_device *hid)
{
@@ -2469,7 +2468,6 @@ void hidinput_disconnect(struct hid_device *hid)
* synchronously and are safe. */
cancel_work_sync(&hid->led_work);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hidinput_disconnect);

void hidinput_reset_resume(struct hid_device *hid)
{
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c b/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c
index 96a36c5ba04f..e885ce3f3a14 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-quirks.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/input/elan-i2c-ids.h>

+#include "hid-core.h"
#include "hid-ids.h"

/*
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 8d17b741638c..4b58e9b4ae43 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -1021,10 +1021,6 @@ extern void hid_unregister_driver(struct hid_driver *);
module_driver(__hid_driver, hid_register_driver, \
hid_unregister_driver)

-extern void hidinput_hid_event(struct hid_device *, struct hid_field *, struct hid_usage *, __s32);
-extern void hidinput_report_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report);
-extern int hidinput_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int connect_mask);
-extern void hidinput_disconnect(struct hid_device *);
void hidinput_reset_resume(struct hid_device *hid);

struct hid_field *hid_find_field(struct hid_device *hdev, unsigned int report_type,
@@ -1038,7 +1034,6 @@ struct hid_field *hidinput_get_led_field(struct hid_device *hid);
unsigned int hidinput_count_leds(struct hid_device *hid);
__s32 hidinput_calc_abs_res(const struct hid_field *field, __u16 code);
void hid_output_report(struct hid_report *report, __u8 *data);
-int __hid_request(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *rep, enum hid_class_request reqtype);
u8 *hid_alloc_report_buf(struct hid_report *report, gfp_t flags);
struct hid_device *hid_allocate_device(void);
struct hid_report *hid_register_report(struct hid_device *device,
@@ -1050,13 +1045,10 @@ struct hid_report *hid_validate_values(struct hid_device *hid,
unsigned int field_index,
unsigned int report_counts);

-void hid_setup_resolution_multiplier(struct hid_device *hid);
int hid_open_report(struct hid_device *device);
int hid_check_keys_pressed(struct hid_device *hid);
int hid_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int connect_mask);
void hid_disconnect(struct hid_device *hid);
-bool hid_match_one_id(const struct hid_device *hdev,
- const struct hid_device_id *id);
const struct hid_device_id *hid_match_id(const struct hid_device *hdev,
const struct hid_device_id *id);
const struct hid_device_id *hid_match_device(struct hid_device *hdev,

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