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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h b/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h
index 9b77cfc42efa..db6c8588c1d0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rfkill.h
@@ -159,8 +159,16 @@ struct rfkill_event_ext {
* old behaviour for all userspace, unless it explicitly opts in to the
* rules outlined here by using the new &struct rfkill_event_ext.
*
- * Userspace using &struct rfkill_event_ext must adhere to the following
- * rules
+ * Additionally, some other userspace (bluez, g-s-d) was reading with a
+ * large size but as streaming reads rather than message-based, or with
+ * too strict checks for the returned size. So eventually, we completely
+ * reverted this, and extended messages need to be opted in to by using
+ * an ioctl:
+ *
+ * ioctl(fd, RFKILL_IOCTL_MAX_SIZE, sizeof(struct rfkill_event_ext));
+ *
+ * Userspace using &struct rfkill_event_ext and the ioctl must adhere to
+ * the following rules:
*
* 1. accept short writes, optionally using them to detect that it's
* running on an older kernel;
@@ -175,6 +183,8 @@ struct rfkill_event_ext {
#define RFKILL_IOC_MAGIC 'R'
#define RFKILL_IOC_NOINPUT 1
#define RFKILL_IOCTL_NOINPUT _IO(RFKILL_IOC_MAGIC, RFKILL_IOC_NOINPUT)
+#define RFKILL_IOC_MAX_SIZE 2
+#define RFKILL_IOCTL_MAX_SIZE _IOW(RFKILL_IOC_MAGIC, RFKILL_IOC_MAX_SIZE, __u32)
/* and that's all userspace gets */