6.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Li Chen chenl311@chinatelecom.cn
[ Upstream commit 4051ead99888f101be92c7ce90d2de09aac6fd1c ]
Syzkaller can create many uhid devices that trigger repeated warnings like:
"hid-generic xxxx: unknown main item tag 0x0"
These messages can flood the system log, especially if a crash occurs (e.g., with a slow UART console, leading to soft lockups). To mitigate this, convert `hid_warn()` to use `dev_warn_ratelimited()`.
This helps reduce log noise and improves system stability under fuzzing or faulty device scenarios.
Signed-off-by: Li Chen chenl311@chinatelecom.cn Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina jkosina@suse.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 4 ++-- include/linux/hid.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c index b9748366c6d6..4fd3fff4661c 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c @@ -663,9 +663,9 @@ static int hid_parser_main(struct hid_parser *parser, struct hid_item *item) default: if (item->tag >= HID_MAIN_ITEM_TAG_RESERVED_MIN && item->tag <= HID_MAIN_ITEM_TAG_RESERVED_MAX) - hid_warn(parser->device, "reserved main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag); + hid_warn_ratelimited(parser->device, "reserved main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag); else - hid_warn(parser->device, "unknown main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag); + hid_warn_ratelimited(parser->device, "unknown main item tag 0x%x\n", item->tag); ret = 0; }
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h index 568a9d8c749b..7f260e0e2049 100644 --- a/include/linux/hid.h +++ b/include/linux/hid.h @@ -1239,6 +1239,8 @@ void hid_quirks_exit(__u16 bus); dev_notice(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) #define hid_warn(hid, fmt, ...) \ dev_warn(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) +#define hid_warn_ratelimited(hid, fmt, ...) \ + dev_warn_ratelimited(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) #define hid_info(hid, fmt, ...) \ dev_info(&(hid)->dev, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__) #define hid_dbg(hid, fmt, ...) \