@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ int hid_open_report(struct hid_device *device)
struct hid_item item;
unsigned int size;
const __u8 *start;
- __u8 *buf;
+ __u8 *buf = NULL;
const __u8 *end;
const __u8 *next;
int ret;
@@ -1235,14 +1235,18 @@ int hid_open_report(struct hid_device *device)
return -ENODEV;
size = device->bpf_rsize;
- buf = kmemdup(start, size, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (buf == NULL)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (device->driver->report_fixup) {
+ /*
+ * device->driver->report_fixup() needs to work
+ * on a copy of our report descriptor so it can
+ * change it.
+ */
+ buf = kmemdup(start, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (buf == NULL)
+ return -ENOMEM;
- if (device->driver->report_fixup)
start = device->driver->report_fixup(device, buf, &size);
- else
- start = buf;
+ }
start = kmemdup(start, size, GFP_KERNEL);
kfree(buf);