Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics - checking Extbit when passing ext_buttons to pt_port

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Hi Hui,

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 4:45 AM, Hui Wang <hui.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We found a problem on couples of Lenovo laptop models, when we press
> down the extend button of trackstick (IBM trackpoint), the driver will
> report both key_down and key_up events to the userspace, while we
> release that button, the driver won't report any events to the
> userspace.
>
> Through debugging, we found when we press down or release the extend
> button, the hardware will report more than one packets to the driver,
> only one packet is valid (Extbit is set to 1), the rest of the
> packets only contain zero. The current driver won't drop those
> invalid packets but regard them as ext_button packets and pass them
> to the pt_port, unfortunately the zero means key release, as a
> result the userspace get the key_up event immediately following the
> key_down event.
>
> Adding an Extbit check before passing ext_buttons to pt_port can
> drop all invalid packets and fix this problem.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hui Wang <hui.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Could you check if the patch I posted this morning fixes your problem?:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/8587101/

The issue with yours is that it will change the behavior for all
generation of synaptics devices and might introduce regressions.

Cheers,
Benjamin

> ---
>  drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> index 6025eb4..ad81140 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
> @@ -880,9 +880,11 @@ static void synaptics_report_ext_buttons(struct psmouse *psmouse,
>         /*
>          * This generation of touchpads has the trackstick buttons
>          * physically wired to the touchpad. Re-route them through
> -        * the pass-through interface.
> +        * the pass-through interface. And only pass extend button
> +        * events to pt_port when ExtBit is 1.
>          */
> -       if (!priv->pt_port)
> +       if (!priv->pt_port ||
> +           !((psmouse->packet[0] ^ psmouse->packet[3]) & 0x02))
>                 return;
>
>         /* The trackstick expects at most 3 buttons */
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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