linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] Input updates for v5.5-rc0

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Message-ID: <20191209170943.GU50317@dtor-ws>
Date:   Mon, 9 Dec 2019 09:09:43 -0800
From:   Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] Input updates for v5.5-rc0

On Sat, Dec 07, 2019 at 06:35:52PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 12:27 PM Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > - one can now poll uinput device for writing (which is always allowed)
> 
> Well, except the code says "if there is data to be read, then it's
> _only_ readable, and you can't write to it".
> 
> Is that what you wanted/meant?

Hm, not exactly. I will fix it up in a followup change.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry