}
/*
- * Create a report.
+ * Create a report. 'data' has to be allocated using
+ * hid_alloc_report_buf() so that it has proper size.
*/
void hid_output_report(struct hid_report *report, __u8 *data)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_output_report);
+/*
+ * Allocator for buffer that is going to be passed to hid_output_report()
+ */
+u8 *hid_alloc_report_buf(struct hid_report *report, gfp_t flags)
+{
+ /*
+ * 7 extra bytes are necessary to achieve proper functionality
+ * of implement() working on 8 byte chunks
+ */
+
+ int len = ((report->size - 1) >> 3) + 1 + (report->id > 0) + 7;
+
+ return kmalloc(len, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_alloc_report_buf);
+
/*
* Set a field value. The report this field belongs to has to be
* created and transferred to the device, to set this value in the