Re: [PATCH] input: add support for generic GPIO-based matrix keypad

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Eric Miao wrote:
> Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 09:26:43PM +0800, Eric Miao wrote:
>>> Hi Dmitry,
>>>
>>> I've tested the driver code, and it's basically OK except for two minor
>>> fixes:
>>>
>>> 1) GPIO and IRQs have to be initialized before input_register_device(),
>>> otherwise input->open() will be invoked before that, which will schedule
>>> an immediate scan work and fail.
>>>
>>> 2) disable_irq_rows() called in init_matrix_gpio() so that by default it's
>>> initialized to disabled - and will be enabled by input->open()
>>>
>> Could you please take a look at the driver as it is commited to
>> 'for-linus' branch of my tree and let me know if you see anything wrong
>> there? Otherwise I inted to submit it in my next update to Linus.
>>
> 
> Sorry Dmitry,
> 
> Reply so late and til now I have some time to test this. The patch there
> still has at least one issue I guess - the keycodes[] allocation size
> should be MATRIX_MAX_ROWS * MATRIX_MAX_COLS if I understand correctly.
> 
> I'm experiencing a problem of keypad->pdata being overwritten, and found
> keycodes are actually accessed by [(row << 4) + col], so that should be
> a full range.

As this driver is already in the mainline and I was trying to use it...
I get various kernel crashes due to this keycodes[] allocation size bug.
Care to send a patch for this bug?

> And one more minor issue that may not be significant is the hardcoding of
> the '4' in this (row << 4).
> 
> Some of the key hits on my Littleton just worked smoothly with the above
> correction, but not all - some key hits just gave intermittent events, I
> have no idea how's that - maybe related to my scan delay and debouncing
> settings
> 
>> Thanks!
>>
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