On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 03:28:18PM +0100, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> This is something that bothered us from a long time. When hid-input
> doesn't know how to map a usage, it uses *_MISC. But there is something
> else which increments the usage if the evdev code is already used.
>
> This leads to few issues:
> - some devices may have their ABS_X mapped to ABS_Y if they export a bad
> set of usages (see the DragonRise joysticks IIRC -> fixed in a specific
> HID driver)
> - *_MISC + N might (will) conflict with other defined axes (my Logitech
> H800 exports some multitouch axes because of that)
> - this prevents to freely add some new evdev usages, because "hey, my
> headset will now report ABS_COFFEE, and it's not coffee capable".
>
> So let's try to kill this nonsense, and hope we won't break too many
> devices.
>
> I my headset case, the ABS_MISC axes are created because of some
> proprietary usages, so we might not break that many devices.
>
> For backward compatibility, a quirk HID_QUIRK_INCREMENT_USAGE_ON_DUPLICATE
> is created and can be applied to any device that needs this behavior.
>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoi...@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net>
Cheers,
Peter
> ---
>
> changes in v2:
> - fixed a bug where the flag was not used properly and prevented to
> remove devices
> - downgrade the error message from info to debug, given that when
> hid-generic binds first, it will output such kernel log for every
> multitouch device.
>
> drivers/hid/hid-input.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> include/linux/hid.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
> index 04d01b57d94c..31bbeb7019bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c
> @@ -1100,8 +1100,31 @@ static void hidinput_configure_usage(struct hid_input
> *hidinput, struct hid_fiel
>
> set_bit(usage->type, input->evbit);
>
> - while (usage->code <= max && test_and_set_bit(usage->code, bit))
> - usage->code = find_next_zero_bit(bit, max + 1, usage->code);
> + /*
> + * This part is *really* controversial:
> + * - HID aims at being generic so we should do our best to export
> + * all incoming events
> + * - HID describes what events are, so there is no reason for ABS_X
> + * to be mapped to ABS_Y
> + * - HID is using *_MISC+N as a default value, but nothing prevents
> + * *_MISC+N to overwrite a legitimate even, which confuses userspace
> + * (for instance ABS_MISC + 7 is ABS_MT_SLOT, which has a different
> + * processing)
> + *
> + * If devices still want to use this (at their own risk), they will
> + * have to use the quirk HID_QUIRK_INCREMENT_USAGE_ON_DUPLICATE, but
> + * the default should be a reliable mapping.
> + */
> + while (usage->code <= max && test_and_set_bit(usage->code, bit)) {
> + if (device->quirks & HID_QUIRK_INCREMENT_USAGE_ON_DUPLICATE) {
> + usage->code = find_next_zero_bit(bit,
> + max + 1,
> + usage->code);
> + } else {
> + device->status |= HID_STAT_DUP_DETECTED;
> + goto ignore;
> + }
> + }
>
> if (usage->code > max)
> goto ignore;
> @@ -1610,6 +1633,8 @@ int hidinput_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned
> int force)
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hid->inputs);
> INIT_WORK(&hid->led_work, hidinput_led_worker);
>
> + hid->status &= ~HID_STAT_DUP_DETECTED;
> +
> if (!force) {
> for (i = 0; i < hid->maxcollection; i++) {
> struct hid_collection *col = &hid->collection[i];
> @@ -1676,6 +1701,10 @@ int hidinput_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned
> int force)
> goto out_unwind;
> }
>
> + if (hid->status & HID_STAT_DUP_DETECTED)
> + hid_dbg(hid,
> + "Some usages could not be mapped, please use
> HID_QUIRK_INCREMENT_USAGE_ON_DUPLICATE if this is legitimate.\n");
> +
> return 0;
>
> out_unwind:
> diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
> index 421b62b77c69..de3a8700ccf1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hid.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hid.h
> @@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ struct hid_item {
> #define HID_QUIRK_SKIP_OUTPUT_REPORT_ID 0x00020000
> #define HID_QUIRK_NO_OUTPUT_REPORTS_ON_INTR_EP 0x00040000
> #define HID_QUIRK_HAVE_SPECIAL_DRIVER 0x00080000
> +#define HID_QUIRK_INCREMENT_USAGE_ON_DUPLICATE 0x00100000
> #define HID_QUIRK_FULLSPEED_INTERVAL 0x10000000
> #define HID_QUIRK_NO_INIT_REPORTS 0x20000000
> #define HID_QUIRK_NO_IGNORE 0x40000000
> @@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ struct hid_output_fifo {
>
> #define HID_STAT_ADDED BIT(0)
> #define HID_STAT_PARSED BIT(1)
> +#define HID_STAT_DUP_DETECTED BIT(2)
>
> struct hid_input {
> struct list_head list;
> --
> 2.14.3
>
