This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Input: synaptics - handle spurious release of trackstick buttons, again 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-synaptics-handle-spurious-release-of-trackstick-buttons-again.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 82be788c96ed5978d3cb4a00079e26b981a3df3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:12:54 -0700 Subject: Input: synaptics - handle spurious release of trackstick buttons, again From: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 82be788c96ed5978d3cb4a00079e26b981a3df3f upstream. Looks like the fimware 8.2 still has the extra buttons spurious release bug. Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114321 Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c @@ -862,8 +862,9 @@ static void synaptics_report_ext_buttons if (!SYN_CAP_MULTI_BUTTON_NO(priv->ext_cap)) return; - /* Bug in FW 8.1, buttons are reported only when ExtBit is 1 */ - if (SYN_ID_FULL(priv->identity) == 0x801 && + /* Bug in FW 8.1 & 8.2, buttons are reported only when ExtBit is 1 */ + if ((SYN_ID_FULL(priv->identity) == 0x801 || + SYN_ID_FULL(priv->identity) == 0x802) && !((psmouse->packet[0] ^ psmouse->packet[3]) & 0x02)) return; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/hid-multitouch-force-retrieving-of-win8-signature-blob.patch queue-4.4/hid-fix-hid_ignore_special_drivers-module-parameter.patch queue-4.4/input-synaptics-handle-spurious-release-of-trackstick-buttons-again.patch queue-4.4/hid-i2c-hid-fix-oob-write-in-i2c_hid_set_or_send_report.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