This adds a sysfs attribute named 'mute' to all input devices.
It allows to disable them by software in a generic way.
It can be set to 0 or 1:
echo 1 > /sys/class/input/inputX/mute: will set all the input_events() call to return immediately.
echo 0 > /sys/class/input/inputX/mute: will reset to default behavior.
mute is set to 0 by default when calling alloc_input_device().
Signed-off-by: Tristan Lelong <tristan@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi,
I created this patch to answer a need on my machine: I want to be able to disable momentarily the touchscreen
in order to wipe out a dust or clean the display without creating a mess on my desktop and opened docs.
It seemed consistent to have that kill switch at a central point, and moreover,
it doesn't depend on any tool linked to a specifc X server, graphical toolkit, desktop environment...
This patch uses the 0/1 values to enable or disable the mute, but I could update it to use
enable/disable instead if it is preferred.
Also, the permissions are write for group or ownoer only.
I thought about setting it world writable in order to allow easy shortcut creation, but it might also be a security flaw.
Let me know what you think about all this, at least it is really useful in my case, linked to a keyboard shortcut.
Best regards
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drivers/input/input.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/input.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index a1e609a..2f80fee 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ void input_event(struct input_dev *dev,
{
unsigned long flags;
- if (is_event_supported(type, dev->evbit, EV_MAX)) {
+ if (!dev->mute && is_event_supported(type, dev->evbit, EV_MAX)) {
spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->event_lock, flags);
input_handle_event(dev, type, code, value);
@@ -1384,10 +1384,38 @@ static ssize_t input_dev_show_properties(struct device *dev,
}
static DEVICE_ATTR(properties, S_IRUGO, input_dev_show_properties, NULL);
+static ssize_t input_dev_show_mute(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct input_dev *input_dev = to_input_dev(dev);
+
+ return scnprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", input_dev->mute);
+}
+
+static ssize_t input_dev_store_mute(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ int err;
+ long mute;
+ struct input_dev *input_dev = to_input_dev(dev);
+
+ err = kstrtol(buf, 0, &mute);
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
+ input_dev->mute = mute;
+
+ return count;
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(mute, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP, input_dev_show_mute,
+ input_dev_store_mute);
+
static struct attribute *input_dev_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_name.attr,
&dev_attr_phys.attr,
&dev_attr_uniq.attr,
+ &dev_attr_mute.attr,
&dev_attr_modalias.attr,
&dev_attr_properties.attr,
NULL
diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h
index 3b4c32f..e45672f 100644
--- a/include/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/linux/input.h
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ struct input_dev {
struct ff_device *ff;
+ unsigned int mute;
unsigned int repeat_key;
struct timer_list timer;
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2.1.3
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