linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] fujitsu-laptop: acpi_fujitsu_hotkey

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Date:   Wed, 11 Jan 2017 23:18:13 +1030
From:   Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...t42.net>
To:     Micha?? K??pie?? <kernel@...pniu.pl>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] fujitsu-laptop: acpi_fujitsu_hotkey_notify() cleanup

On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 01:26:49PM +0100, Micha?? K??pie?? wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 09:59:29AM +0100, Micha?? K??pie?? wrote:
> > > I am currently preparing a patch series which makes fujitsu-laptop use a
> > > sparse keymap for hotkey handling.  Before that will happen, though,
> > > acpi_fujitsu_hotkey_notify() could use a revamp because it is pretty
> > > hard to read as it is.  To avoid posting everything at once, here are a
> > > few patches which IMHO make that function easier to read.  Some of these
> > > changes might be a matter of taste, so feel free to NACK them or suggest
> > > a preferred alternative.
> > 
> > This patch series provides a significant clean up to the functions it
> > focuses on.  As such I have no real objections to them.  However, because my
> > Fujitsu laptop doesn't have any of the hotkeys of later models I am unable
> > to test these patches with real hardware.  Have you been able to do so?  If
> > they have been verified I have no problem acking these.  Otherwise I will
> > have to do as much as I can (given no access to relevant hardware) to ensure
> > the overall behaviour isn't changed.
> 
> I tested these on a Lifebook E744, which is capable of generating
> KEY4_CODE ("ECO on/off button") and KEY5_CODE ("Wireless/Bluetooth
> on/off button").  I checked that these hotkeys still work fine with this
> patch series applied.  By temporarily reversing some logical conditions,
> I also did my best to ensure that unexpected behaviors (unknown ACPI
> event code, kfifo failures) are still handled in the same way as
> previously (apart from the "Push keycode into ringbuffer" debug message,
> which is now only printed upon a successful push due to the last patch).

Thanks for clarifying.  It may be worth adding a comment to the effect that
the patches were tested on a Lifebook E744.  That aside, I'm happy with
these clean ups.

Acked-by: Jonathan Woithe <jwoithe@...t42.net>

Darren: do you want me to explicitly ack all 4 parts, or the above
sufficient for your processes?

Regards
  jonathan