Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753847AbbGIVdd (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2015 17:33:33 -0400 Received: from mail-ig0-f176.google.com ([209.85.213.176]:35255 "EHLO mail-ig0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754235AbbGIVd0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2015 17:33:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 14:33:21 -0700 From: Dmitry Torokhov To: Jiri Kosina Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] HID: input: call input_sync() when automatically releasing a key Message-ID: <20150709213321.GA9268@dtor-ws> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1234 Lines: 39 We need to emit EV_SYN/SYN_REPORT between key press and release, otherwise userspace is allowed to "swallow" the event. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov --- Observed this with Plantronics headsets... drivers/hid/hid-input.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c index 008e89b..50caf14 100644 --- a/drivers/hid/hid-input.c +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-input.c @@ -1162,8 +1162,11 @@ void hidinput_hid_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_field *field, struct input_event(input, usage->type, usage->code, value); - if ((field->flags & HID_MAIN_ITEM_RELATIVE) && (usage->type == EV_KEY)) + if ((field->flags & HID_MAIN_ITEM_RELATIVE) && + usage->type == EV_KEY && value) { + input_sync(input); input_event(input, usage->type, usage->code, 0); + } } void hidinput_report_event(struct hid_device *hid, struct hid_report *report) -- 2.4.3.573.g4eafbef -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/