On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 09:24:00PM +0200, David Härdeman wrote:
> Protocols like NEC generate around 10 repeat events per second.
>
> The input events are not very useful for userspace but still waste power
> by waking up every listener. So let's remove them (MSC_SCAN events
> are still generated for the initial keypress).
>
> Signed-off-by: David Härdeman <david@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c | 13 ++++---------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> index 7387bd4d75b0..9f490aa11bc4 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/rc-main.c
> @@ -616,16 +616,11 @@ void rc_repeat(struct rc_dev *dev)
>
> spin_lock_irqsave(&dev->keylock, flags);
>
> - if (!dev->keypressed)
> - goto out;
> -
> - input_event(dev->input_dev, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, dev->last_scancode);
> - input_sync(dev->input_dev);
I don't agree with this. It's good to see something in user space when
a repeat received. This is useful for debugging purposes.
Sean
> -
> - dev->keyup_jiffies = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(IR_KEYPRESS_TIMEOUT);
> - mod_timer(&dev->timer_keyup, dev->keyup_jiffies);
> + if (dev->keypressed) {
> + dev->keyup_jiffies = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(IR_KEYPRESS_TIMEOUT);
> + mod_timer(&dev->timer_keyup, dev->keyup_jiffies);
> + }
>
> -out:
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev->keylock, flags);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rc_repeat);
