Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2015-10-12

Re: [PATCH] Input: improve autorepeat initialization

From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Date: 2015-10-10 00:15:37

Hi Petri,

On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 02:10:01PM -0700, Petri Gynther wrote:
Allow driver to initialize only input_dev->rep[REP_DELAY] and
input_dev->rep[REP_PERIOD], but then use the input timer and
repeat function from input.c.

For example, a HID driver could do:

static void xyz_input_configured(struct hid_device *hid,
                                 struct hid_input *hidinput)
{
        hidinput->input->rep[REP_DELAY] = 400;
        hidinput->input->rep[REP_PERIOD] = 100;
}

static struct hid_driver xyz_driver = {
        .input_configured = xyz_input_configured,
}
This will break drivers that either support hardware autorepeat (such as
atkbd) or ones that implement autorepeat themselves. If you want support
"starting" repeat rate/delay as you are proposing we need alternative
way of telling input core whether it should engage generic autorepeat
code or not. Maybe we should simply add a "softrepeat" flag in input_dev
structure and call it day.

Thanks.
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Signed-off-by: Petri Gynther <redacted>
---
 drivers/input/input.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c
index 5391abd..1984ba5 100644
--- a/drivers/input/input.c
+++ b/drivers/input/input.c
@@ -2115,6 +2115,15 @@ int input_register_device(struct input_dev *dev)
 		dev->rep[REP_PERIOD] = 33;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If the driver didn't initialize the timer data and function, then
+	 * handle the autorepeating here in input.c.
+	 */
+	if (!dev->timer.data && !dev->timer.function) {
+		dev->timer.data = (unsigned long) dev;
+		dev->timer.function = input_repeat_key;
+	}
+
 	if (!dev->getkeycode)
 		dev->getkeycode = input_default_getkeycode;
 
-- 
2.6.0.rc2.230.g3dd15c0
-- 
Dmitry
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