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Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:52:10 +0200 From: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com> To: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz> CC: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...il.com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.7+] HID: magicmouse: fix race between input_register() and probe() On 04/04/2013 09:51 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote: > On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Benjamin Tissoires wrote: > >> Since kernel 3.7, it appears that the input registration occured before >> the end of magicmouse_setup_input(). This is shown by receiving a lot of >> "EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 1" instead of normal "EV_SYN SYN_REPORT 0". >> This value means that the output buffer is full, and the user space >> is loosing events. >> >> Using .input_configured guarantees that the race is not occuring, and that >> the call of "input_set_events_per_packet(input, 60)" is taken into account >> by input_register(). >> >> Fixes: >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908604 >> >> Reported-and-Tested-By: Clarke Wixon <cwixon@....net> >> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com> >> --- >> >> Hi Jiri, >> >> this one can goes to stable (so 3.8) as well. > > Applied, and will push for 3.9 still. Ok, thanks Jiri. Cheers, Benjamin > > Thanks. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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