linux-kernel - keyboard.c: Stop flooding dmesg with useless warnings

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Date:	Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:32:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: keyboard.c: Stop flooding dmesg with useless warnings


I use  Apple keyboard and mouse which seem to generate events with 
keycode==0.

keyboard.c floods dmesg endlessly with below messages. This happens at a 
very fast rate and never stops, leaving the dmesg unusable.

[46591.960000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46591.996000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46592.032000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46592.068000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46592.104000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46592.140000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46592.176000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46592.212000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0
[46592.248000] keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode 0

The patch below avoids printing the warning if keycode == KEY_RESERVED.

If a more correct fix is possible please let me know and I will redo this.
(I suspect avoiding call to emulate_raw() with value ranges it cannot 
emulate might be a better fix?)

Otherwise please consider applying.

Signed-off-by: Parag Warudkar <parag.warudkar@...il.com>

--- linux-2.6-wk/drivers/char/keyboard.c	2007-03-24 23:01:19.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/char/keyboard.c	2007-03-24 21:43:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@

  	if ((raw_mode = (kbd->kbdmode == VC_RAW)) && !hw_raw)
  		if (emulate_raw(vc, keycode, !down << 7))
-			if (keycode < BTN_MISC && keycode != KEY_RESERVED)
+			if (keycode < BTN_MISC)
  				printk(KERN_WARNING "keyboard.c: can't emulate rawmode for keycode %d\n", keycode);

  #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ	       /* Handle the SysRq Hack */
-
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