Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: Stop sending KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE

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On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 12:51:30 +0300, Maxim Mikityanskiy wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 at 21:46:44 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > Commit 5829f8a897e4 ("platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: Send
> > KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE on some models") made ideapad-laptop send
> > KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE when we receive an ACPI notify with VPC event bit 5 set
> > and the touchpad-state has not been changed by the EC itself already.
> > 
> > This was done under the assumption that this would be good to do to make
> > the touchpad-toggle hotkey work on newer models where the EC does not
> > toggle the touchpad on/off itself (because it is not routed through
> > the PS/2 controller, but uses I2C).
> > 
> > But it turns out that at least some models, e.g. the Yoga 7-15ITL5 the EC
> > triggers an ACPI notify with VPC event bit 5 set on resume, which would
> > now cause a spurious KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE on resume to which the desktop
> > environment responds by disabling the touchpad in software, breaking
> > the touchpad (until manually re-enabled) on resume.
> 
> Oh gosh, the touchpad toggle on Ideapads is so much broken, I wonder how
> the Windows driver deals with all this variety of different behaviors
> (unless it's broken too :D).
> 
> I'll test the patch on Z570, but as I see, it shouldn't change anything
> for Z570.

Tested the kernel from your branch on Z570, the touchpad button still
works fine.

> > It was never confirmed that sending KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE actually improves
> > things on new models and at least some new models like the Yoga 7-15ITL5
> > don't have a touchpad on/off toggle hotkey at all, while still sending
> > ACPI notify events with VPC event bit 5 set.
> > 
> > So it seems best to revert the change to send KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE when
> > receiving an ACPI notify events with VPC event bit 5 and the touchpad
> > state as reported by the EC has not changed.
> > 
> > Note this is not a full revert the code to cache the last EC touchpad
> > state is kept to avoid sending spurious KEY_TOUCHPAD_ON / _OFF events
> > on resume.
> > 
> > Fixes: 5829f8a897e4 ("platform/x86: ideapad-laptop: Send KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE on some models")
> > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217234
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c | 23 ++++++++++-------------
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
> > index b5ef3452da1f..35c63cce0479 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/ideapad-laptop.c
> > @@ -1170,7 +1170,6 @@ static const struct key_entry ideapad_keymap[] = {
> >  	{ KE_KEY,  65, { KEY_PROG4 } },
> >  	{ KE_KEY,  66, { KEY_TOUCHPAD_OFF } },
> >  	{ KE_KEY,  67, { KEY_TOUCHPAD_ON } },
> > -	{ KE_KEY,  68, { KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE } },
> >  	{ KE_KEY, 128, { KEY_ESC } },
> >  
> >  	/*
> > @@ -1526,18 +1525,16 @@ static void ideapad_sync_touchpad_state(struct ideapad_private *priv, bool send_
> >  	if (priv->features.ctrl_ps2_aux_port)
> >  		i8042_command(&param, value ? I8042_CMD_AUX_ENABLE : I8042_CMD_AUX_DISABLE);
> >  
> > -	if (send_events) {
> > -		/*
> > -		 * On older models the EC controls the touchpad and toggles it
> > -		 * on/off itself, in this case we report KEY_TOUCHPAD_ON/_OFF.
> > -		 * If the EC did not toggle, report KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE.
> > -		 */
> > -		if (value != priv->r_touchpad_val) {
> > -			ideapad_input_report(priv, value ? 67 : 66);
> > -			sysfs_notify(&priv->platform_device->dev.kobj, NULL, "touchpad");
> > -		} else {
> > -			ideapad_input_report(priv, 68);
> > -		}
> > +	/*
> > +	 * On older models the EC controls the touchpad and toggles it on/off
> > +	 * itself, in this case we report KEY_TOUCHPAD_ON/_OFF. Some models do
> > +	 * an acpi-notify with VPC bit 5 set on resume, so this function get
> > +	 * called with send_events=true on every resume. Therefor if the EC did
> > +	 * not toggle, do nothing to avoid sending spurious KEY_TOUCHPAD_TOGGLE.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (send_events && value != priv->r_touchpad_val) {
> > +		ideapad_input_report(priv, value ? 67 : 66);
> > +		sysfs_notify(&priv->platform_device->dev.kobj, NULL, "touchpad");
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	priv->r_touchpad_val = value;
> > -- 
> > 2.39.1
> > 



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