linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics - fix 1->3 contact transition reporting

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Date:	Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:27:15 -0800
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@...omium.org>
Cc:	Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@...omail.se>,
	Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Chung-Yih Wang <cywang@...omium.org>,
	Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@...onical.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: synaptics - fix 1->3 contact transition reporting

On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 04:29:00PM +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
> Investigating the following gesture highlighted two slight implementation
> errors with choosing which slots to report in which slot when multiple
> contacts are present:
> 
> Action                 SGM  AGM (MTB slot:Contact)
> 1. Touch contact 0    (0:0)
> 2. Touch contact 1    (0:0, 1:1)
> 3. Lift  contact 0    (1:1)
> 4. Touch contacts 2,3 (0:2, 1:3)
> 
> In step 4, slot 1 was not being cleared first, which means the same
> tracking ID was being used for reporting both the old contact 1 and the
> new contact 3.  This could result in "drumroll", where the old contact 1
> would appear to suddenly jump to new finger 3 position.
> 
> Similarly, if contacts 2 & 3 are not detected at the same sample, step 4
> is split into two:
> 
> Action                SGM  AGM  (MTB slot:contact)
> 1. Touch contact 0   (0:0)
> 2. Touch contact 1   (0:0, 1:1)
> 3. Lift  contact 0   (1:1)
> 4. Touch contact 2   (0:2, 1:1)
> 5. Touch contact 3   (0:2, 1:3)
> 
> In this case, there was also a bug.  In step 4, when contact 1 moves from
> SGM to AGM and contact 2 is first reported in SGM, slot 0 was actually
> empty.  So slot 0 can be used to report the new SGM (contact 0),
> immediately.  Since it was empty, contact 2 in slot 0 will get a new
> tracking ID.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kurtz <djkurtz@...omium.org>

Applied, thank you Daniel.

-- 
Dmitry
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