[PATCH v4 08/13] HID: asus: add joysticks anti-deadzone configuration
From: Denis Benato <denis.benato@linux.dev>
Date: 2026-08-30 23:43:33
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Subsystem:
hid core layer, the rest · Maintainers:
Jiri Kosina, Benjamin Tissoires, Linus Torvalds
ROG Ally devices allow configuring the anti-deadzone parameter for the resistive joysticks devices as over time those develops drift, therefore allow userspace to configure the anti-deadzone by exposing relevant sysfs attributes. Assisted-by: opencode:glm-5.2 Signed-off-by: Denis Benato <denis.benato@linux.dev> Signed-off-by: Luke Jones <luke@ljones.dev> --- drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 198 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 196 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
index 6688615f644a..c365b96d4486 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c@@ -1318,6 +1318,193 @@ static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold = static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold_range = __ATTR(outer_threshold_range, 0444, right_joystick_outer_threshold_range_show, NULL); +/** + * ally_set_anti_deadzone() - Set anti-deadzone values for joysticks + * @ally: ally handheld structure + * @hdev: HID device + * @cfg: ally config + * @left_adz: left joystick anti-deadzone value (0-100) + * @right_adz: right joystick anti-deadzone value (0-100) + * + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure + */ +static int ally_set_anti_deadzone(struct ally_handheld *ally, + struct hid_device *hdev, struct ally_config *cfg, + u8 left_adz, u8 right_adz) +{ + const u8 payload[] = { left_adz, right_adz }; + int ret; + + if (!cfg->anti_deadzone_support) { + hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + + u8 *buf __free(kfree) = ally_alloc_cmd(CMD_SET_ANTI_DEADZONE, payload, sizeof(payload)); + if (!buf) + return -ENOMEM; + + ret = ally_gamepad_send_packet(ally, hdev, buf, ROG_ALLY_REPORT_SIZE); + if (ret < 0) { + hid_err(hdev, "Failed to set anti-deadzone values: %d\n", ret); + return ret; + } + + return 0; +} + +static ssize_t left_joystick_anti_deadzone_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev); + struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev); + struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally; + struct ally_config *cfg; + + if (!ally) + return -ENODEV; + + cfg = ally_get_config(ally); + if (!cfg) + return -ENODEV; + + guard(mutex)(&cfg->config_mutex); + + if (!cfg->anti_deadzone_support) { + hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", cfg->left_anti_deadzone); +} + +static ssize_t left_joystick_anti_deadzone_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, + const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev); + struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev); + struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally; + struct ally_config *cfg; + u8 value; + int ret; + + if (!ally) + return -ENODEV; + + cfg = ally_get_config(ally); + if (!cfg) + return -ENODEV; + + ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value); + if (ret || value > 100) + return -EINVAL; + + guard(mutex)(&cfg->config_mutex); + + if (!cfg->anti_deadzone_support) { + hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + + ret = ally_set_anti_deadzone(ally, hdev, cfg, value, cfg->right_anti_deadzone); + if (ret) + return ret; + + cfg->left_anti_deadzone = value; + + return count; +} + +static ssize_t left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + return sysfs_emit(buf, "0 100\n"); +} + +static ssize_t right_joystick_anti_deadzone_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev); + struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev); + struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally; + struct ally_config *cfg; + + if (!ally) + return -ENODEV; + + cfg = ally_get_config(ally); + if (!cfg) + return -ENODEV; + + guard(mutex)(&cfg->config_mutex); + + if (!cfg->anti_deadzone_support) { + hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", cfg->right_anti_deadzone); +} + +static ssize_t right_joystick_anti_deadzone_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, + const char *buf, size_t count) +{ + struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev); + struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev); + struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally; + struct ally_config *cfg; + u8 value; + int ret; + + if (!ally) + return -ENODEV; + + cfg = ally_get_config(ally); + if (!cfg) + return -ENODEV; + + ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value); + if (ret || value > 100) + return -EINVAL; + + guard(mutex)(&cfg->config_mutex); + + if (!cfg->anti_deadzone_support) { + hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n"); + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + } + + ret = ally_set_anti_deadzone(ally, hdev, cfg, cfg->left_anti_deadzone, value); + if (ret) + return ret; + + cfg->right_anti_deadzone = value; + + return count; +} + +static ssize_t right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show(struct device *dev, + struct device_attribute *attr, + char *buf) +{ + return sysfs_emit(buf, "0 100\n"); +} + +static struct device_attribute dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone = + __ATTR(anti_deadzone, 0644, left_joystick_anti_deadzone_show, + left_joystick_anti_deadzone_store); + +static struct device_attribute dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range = + __ATTR(anti_deadzone_range, 0444, left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show, NULL); + +static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone = + __ATTR(anti_deadzone, 0644, right_joystick_anti_deadzone_show, + right_joystick_anti_deadzone_store); + +static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range = + __ATTR(anti_deadzone_range, 0444, right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show, NULL); + /** * ally_set_trigger_ranges() - Generic function to set triggers ranges * @ally: ally handheld structure
@@ -1684,6 +1871,8 @@ static struct attribute *left_joystick_axis_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_left_joystick_outer_threshold.attr, &dev_attr_left_joystick_inner_threshold_range.attr, &dev_attr_left_joystick_outer_threshold_range.attr, + &dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone.attr, + &dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range.attr, NULL };
@@ -1692,6 +1881,8 @@ static struct attribute *right_joystick_axis_attrs[] = { &dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold.attr, &dev_attr_right_joystick_inner_threshold_range.attr, &dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold_range.attr, + &dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone.attr, + &dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range.attr, NULL };
@@ -1783,8 +1974,11 @@ static struct ally_config *ally_config_create(struct hid_device *hdev, struct al goto ally_config_create_err; } - /* Skip the calibration groups when the capability is missing. */ - if (cfg->user_cal_support) { + /* + * Skip the calibration and anti-deadzone groups when none of the + * features they expose is supported. + */ + if (cfg->user_cal_support || cfg->anti_deadzone_support) { for (sysfs_i = 0; sysfs_i < ARRAY_SIZE(ally_cal_attr_groups); sysfs_i++) { ret = devm_device_add_group(&hdev->dev, ally_cal_attr_groups[sysfs_i]);
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