This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: input-vmmouse-fix-absolute-device-registration.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From d4f1b06d685d11ebdaccf11c0db1cb3c78736862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:04:49 -0800 Subject: Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> commit d4f1b06d685d11ebdaccf11c0db1cb3c78736862 upstream. We should set device's capabilities first, and then register it, otherwise various handlers already present in the kernel will not be able to connect to the device. Reported-by: Lauri Kasanen <cand@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c @@ -458,8 +458,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse priv->abs_dev = abs_dev; psmouse->private = priv; - input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL); - /* Set up and register absolute device */ snprintf(priv->phys, sizeof(priv->phys), "%s/input1", psmouse->ps2dev.serio->phys); @@ -475,10 +473,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse abs_dev->id.version = psmouse->model; abs_dev->dev.parent = &psmouse->ps2dev.serio->dev; - error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev); - if (error) - goto init_fail; - /* Set absolute device capabilities */ input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_LEFT); input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_RIGHT); @@ -488,6 +482,13 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_X, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_X, 0, 0); input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_Y, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_Y, 0, 0); + error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev); + if (error) + goto init_fail; + + /* Add wheel capability to the relative device */ + input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL); + psmouse->protocol_handler = vmmouse_process_byte; psmouse->disconnect = vmmouse_disconnect; psmouse->reconnect = vmmouse_reconnect; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/input-elantech-mark-protocols-v2-and-v3-as-semi-mt.patch queue-4.4/modules-fix-modparam-async_probe-request.patch queue-4.4/input-vmmouse-fix-absolute-device-registration.patch queue-4.4/input-i8042-add-fujitsu-lifebook-u745-to-the-nomux-list.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html