HIDIOCKM[GS]DIRECT ioctls for the USB HID driver [PSARC/2009/329 FastTrack timeout 06/10/2009]

[James Carlson]

Alan Coopersmith writes:
> That's a bug that was just reported to me in private e-mail while I was out on
> vacation last week.   We need to fix Xorg to setuid back to root before opening
> hotplugged devices.

So ... with that bug fixed, does the need for this special ioctl
remain?  Doesn't closing the descriptor and reopening it when needed
fix the problem?

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