We need to emit EV_SYN/SYN_REPORT between key press and release, otherwise userspace is allowed to "swallow" the event. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> --- Observed this with Plantronics headsets... drivers/hid/hid-input.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c index 008e89b..50caf14 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c @@ -1162,8 +1162,11 @@ void hidinput_hid_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_field *field, struct input_event(input, usage->type, usage->code, value); - if ((field->flags & HID_MAIN_ITEM_RELATIVE) && (usage->type == EV_KEY)) + if ((field->flags & HID_MAIN_ITEM_RELATIVE) && + usage->type == EV_KEY && value) { + input_sync(input); input_event(input, usage->type, usage->code, 0); + } } void hidinput_report_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report) -- 2.4.3.573.g4eafbef -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-input" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html