usbfs allows user space to pass down an URB which sets URB_SHORT_NOT_OK
for output URBs. That causes usbcore to log messages without limit
for a nonsensical disallowed combination. The fix is to silently drop
the attribute in usbfs.
The problem is reported to exist since 3.14
https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/13085

Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneu...@suse.de>
CC: sta...@vger.kernel.org
---
 drivers/usb/core/devio.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 257876e..0b59731 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ static int proc_do_submiturb(struct usb_dev_state *ps, 
struct usbdevfs_urb *uurb
        u = (is_in ? URB_DIR_IN : URB_DIR_OUT);
        if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_ISO_ASAP)
                u |= URB_ISO_ASAP;
-       if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK)
+       if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_SHORT_NOT_OK && is_in)
                u |= URB_SHORT_NOT_OK;
        if (uurb->flags & USBDEVFS_URB_NO_FSBR)
                u |= URB_NO_FSBR;
-- 
1.8.4.5

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