# \[PATCH v2\] Input: spaceball - fix parsing of movement data packets

- Subsystems: INPUT (KEYBOARD, MOUSE, JOYSTICK, TOUCHSCREEN) DRIVERS, THE REST
- Maintainers: Dmitry Torokhov, Linus Torvalds
- Status: LANDED (bc7ec91718c4 · 2021-12-31 05:09)
- Landed in mainline as bc7ec91718c4 on 2021-12-31.
- List: linux-input
- 2 messages, 2 authors
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/12/1615404/t

## \[PATCH v2\] Input: spaceball - fix parsing of movement data packets

- From: Leo L. Schwab \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-12-21 10:48:06 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/12/1615404.md

```text
The spaceball.c module was not properly parsing the movement reports
coming from the device.  The code read axis data as signed 16-bit
little-endian values starting at offset 2.

In fact, axis data in Spaceball movement reports are signed 16-bit
big-endian values starting at offset 3.  This was determined first by
visually inspecting the data packets, and later verified by consulting:
http://spacemice.org/pdf/SpaceBall_2003-3003_Protocol.pdf

If this ever worked properly, it was in the time before Git...

Signed-off-by: Leo L. Schwab <redacted>
---
Changes in v2:
  - Coding style changes requested by [ref].

 drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c b/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
index 429411c6c0a8..10e09c86e067 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/input.h>
 #include <linux/serio.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define DRIVER_DESC	"SpaceTec SpaceBall 2003/3003/4000 FLX driver"
 
@@ -74,10 +75,16 @@ static void spaceball_process_packet(struct spaceball* spaceball)
 	switch (spaceball->data[0]) {
 
 		case 'D':					/* Ball data */
+			/*
+			 * Skip first three bytes; read six axes worth of data.
+			 * Axis values are signed 16-bit big-endian.
+			 */
 			if (spaceball->idx != 15) return;
-			for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+			data += 3;
+			for (i = 0;  i < ARRAY_SIZE(spaceball_axes);  ++i) {
 				input_report_abs(dev, spaceball_axes[i],
-					(__s16)((data[2 * i + 3] << 8) | data[2 * i + 2]));
+					(__s16)get_unaligned_be16(&data[i * 2]));
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case 'K':					/* Button data */
-- 
2.34.1

```

## Re: \[PATCH v2\] Input: spaceball - fix parsing of movement data packets

- From: Dmitry Torokhov \<dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2021-12-31 05:10:48 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-input/2021/12/1621484.md

```text
On Tue, Dec 21, 2021 at 02:16:31AM -0800, Leo L. Schwab wrote:
> The spaceball.c module was not properly parsing the movement reports
> coming from the device.  The code read axis data as signed 16-bit
> little-endian values starting at offset 2.
> 
> In fact, axis data in Spaceball movement reports are signed 16-bit
> big-endian values starting at offset 3.  This was determined first by
> visually inspecting the data packets, and later verified by consulting:
> http://spacemice.org/pdf/SpaceBall_2003-3003_Protocol.pdf
> 
> If this ever worked properly, it was in the time before Git...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Leo L. Schwab <redacted>

Applied, thank you.

-- 
Dmitry
```