linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.10 08/56] Input: synaptics - fix handling of disabling gesture mode

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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2015 06:57:22 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	stable@...r.kernel.org, Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>,
	Gabor Balla <gaborwho@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.10 08/56] Input: synaptics - fix handling of disabling gesture mode

On September 29, 2015 6:46:56 AM PDT, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>3.10-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me
>know.

Please drop.

>
>------------------
>
>From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
>
>commit e51e38494a8ecc18650efb0c840600637891de2c upstream.
>
>Bit 2 of the mode byte has dual meaning: it can disable reporting of
>gestures when touchpad works in Relative mode or normal Absolute mode,
>or it can enable so called Extended W-Mode when touchpad uses enhanced
>Absolute mode (W-mode). The extended W-Mode confuses our driver and
>causes missing button presses on some Thinkpads (x250, T450s), so let's
>make sure we do not enable it.
>
>Also, according to the spec W mode "... bit is defined only in Absolute
>mode on pads whose capExtended capability bit is set. In Relative mode
>and
>in TouchPads without this capability, the bit is reserved and should be
>left at 0.", so let's make sure we respect this requirement as well.
>
>Reported-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>
>Suggested-by: Gabor Balla <gaborwho@...il.com>
>Tested-by: Gabor Balla <gaborwho@...il.com>
>Tested-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>
>Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
>Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>
>---
> drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c |   12 ++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>--- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
>+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
>@@ -360,14 +360,18 @@ static int synaptics_set_mode(struct psm
> 	struct synaptics_data *priv = psmouse->private;
> 
> 	priv->mode = 0;
>-	if (priv->absolute_mode)
>+
>+	if (priv->absolute_mode) {
> 		priv->mode |= SYN_BIT_ABSOLUTE_MODE;
>-	if (priv->disable_gesture)
>+		if (SYN_CAP_EXTENDED(priv->capabilities))
>+			priv->mode |= SYN_BIT_W_MODE;
>+	}
>+
>+	if (!SYN_MODE_WMODE(priv->mode) && priv->disable_gesture)
> 		priv->mode |= SYN_BIT_DISABLE_GESTURE;
>+
> 	if (psmouse->rate >= 80)
> 		priv->mode |= SYN_BIT_HIGH_RATE;
>-	if (SYN_CAP_EXTENDED(priv->capabilities))
>-		priv->mode |= SYN_BIT_W_MODE;
> 
> 	if (synaptics_mode_cmd(psmouse, priv->mode))
> 		return -1;


Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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