[PATCH] HID: fix hid_ignore_special_drivers module parameter

From: Benjamin Tissoires
Date: Fri Feb 12 2016 - 11:10:45 EST


hid_ignore_special_drivers works fine until hid_scan_report
autodetects and reassign devices (for hid-multitouch,
hid-microsoft and hid-rmi).

Simplify the handling of the parameter: if it is there, use
hid-generic, no matter what, and if not, scan the device or
rely on the hid_have_special_driver table.

This was detected while trying to disable hid-multitouch on
a Surface Pro cover which prevented to use the keyboard.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---

Hi Jiri,

not sure if we should keep or not the stable@ tag. The issue was there for a
long time, and nobody complained. It's up to you.

Cheers,
Benjamin

drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index e637e4f..fe8be16 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -2661,9 +2661,10 @@ int hid_add_device(struct hid_device *hdev)
/*
* Scan generic devices for group information
*/
- if (hid_ignore_special_drivers ||
- (!hdev->group &&
- !hid_match_id(hdev, hid_have_special_driver))) {
+ if (hid_ignore_special_drivers) {
+ hdev->group = HID_GROUP_GENERIC;
+ } else if (!hdev->group &&
+ !hid_match_id(hdev, hid_have_special_driver)) {
ret = hid_scan_report(hdev);
if (ret)
hid_warn(hdev, "bad device descriptor (%d)\n", ret);
--
2.5.0