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-rw-r--r--include/linux/hid.h6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index dce862cafbbd..2990b9f94cb5 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -836,6 +836,12 @@ struct hid_usage_id {
* raw_event and event should return negative on error, any other value will
* pass the event on to .event() typically return 0 for success.
*
+ * report_fixup must return a report descriptor pointer whose lifetime is at
+ * least that of the input rdesc. This is usually done by mutating the input
+ * rdesc and returning it or a sub-portion of it. In case a new buffer is
+ * allocated and returned, the implementation of report_fixup is responsible for
+ * freeing it later.
+ *
* input_mapping shall return a negative value to completely ignore this usage
* (e.g. doubled or invalid usage), zero to continue with parsing of this
* usage by generic code (no special handling needed) or positive to skip