2017-11-28 18:08:31

by Michel Dänzer

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: hp-wmi: Actually use mask parameter in hp_wmi_hw_state

On 2017-11-28 05:57 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 04:17:58PM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>> We were always checking bit 0 (which represents the docked state)
>> regardless of the mask.
>>
>> Fixes the "tablet mode" state always being reported the same as the
>> docked state, which with current libinput can cause the built-in input
>> devices of laptops to be incorrectly disabled while docked.
>>
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Fixes: ("platform/x86: hp-wmi: Refactor dock and tablet state fetchers")
>> Signed-off-by: Michel Dänzer <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
>> index b4ed3dc983d5..2bdd6bbdb353 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c
>> @@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ static int hp_wmi_hw_state(int mask)
>> if (state < 0)
>> return state;
>>
>> - return state & 0x1;
>> + return (state & mask) ? 1 : 0;
>
> The current code does:
>
> return !!(state & mask);
>
> See:
> 9968e12 platform/x86: hp-wmi: Fix tablet mode detection for convertibles
>
> Merged in 4.15-rc1

AFAIK commits without

Cc: [email protected]

don't get automatically picked up for stable branches. Can you manually
nominate 9968e12 for stable?


Thanks,


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