+ input-put-ledstate-in-the-keyboard-notifier.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     input: put ledstate in the keyboard notifier
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     input-put-ledstate-in-the-keyboard-notifier.patch

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Subject: input: put ledstate in the keyboard notifier
From: Karl Dahlke <eklhad@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I think there is general agreement, including myself, that led state should
be part of the key event, like shiftstate, and not grabbed asynchronously
after the fact.

Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/char/keyboard.c  |    1 +
 include/linux/keyboard.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff -puN drivers/char/keyboard.c~input-put-ledstate-in-the-keyboard-notifier drivers/char/keyboard.c
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c~input-put-ledstate-in-the-keyboard-notifier
+++ a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -1238,6 +1238,7 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int key
 	}
 
 	param.shift = shift_final = (shift_state | kbd->slockstate) ^ kbd->lockstate;
+	param.ledstate = getledstate();
 	key_map = key_maps[shift_final];
 
 	if (atomic_notifier_call_chain(&keyboard_notifier_list, KBD_KEYCODE, &param) == NOTIFY_STOP || !key_map) {
diff -puN include/linux/keyboard.h~input-put-ledstate-in-the-keyboard-notifier include/linux/keyboard.h
--- a/include/linux/keyboard.h~input-put-ledstate-in-the-keyboard-notifier
+++ a/include/linux/keyboard.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct keyboard_notifier_param {
 	struct vc_data *vc;	/* VC on which the keyboard press was done */
 	int down;		/* Pressure of the key? */
 	int shift;		/* Current shift mask */
+	int ledstate;		/* Current led state */
 	unsigned int value;	/* keycode, unicode value or keysym */
 };
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from eklhad@xxxxxxxxxxx are

input-put-ledstate-in-the-keyboard-notifier.patch
vt-notifier-extension-for-accessibility.patch
vt-notifier-extension-for-accessibility-checkpatch-fixes.patch

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