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Re: [PATCH 2/3] input: evdev: add new ioctl EVIOCSIFTYPE / EVIOCGIFTYPE

From Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/3] input: evdev: add new ioctl EVIOCSIFTYPE / EVIOCGIFTYPE
Date 2015-11-27 18:00 +0100
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On Friday 27 November 2015 18:00:31 WEN Pingbo wrote:
> This patch depends on 'introduce new evdev interface'.
> 
> Userspace cat set / get evdev interface type via the two ioctl
> commands. And default interface type is EV_IF_LEGACY, so the old binary
> will work normal with new kernel. Maybe we should change this default
> option to encourage people to move to new interface.
> 
> And since all events are stored as input_value in evdev, there are no
> need to flush evdev_client's buffer if we change clk_type and if_type.

I would split out the change to evdev_set_clk_type into a separate patch.

> +	case EVIOCSIFTYPE:
> +		if (get_user(if_type, ip))
> +			return -EFAULT;
> +
> +		return evdev_set_if_type(client, if_type);
> +	case EVIOCGIFTYPE:
> +		return put_user(client->if_type, ip);
>  	}

This look asymmetric: EVIOCSIFTYPE uses a EVDEV_* constant, while
EVIOCGIFTYPE returns a EV_IF_* constant. Should those just
be the same constants anyway?

	Arnd
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[PATCH 2/3] input: evdev: add new ioctl EVIOCSIFTYPE / EVIOCGIFTYPE WEN Pingbo <pingbo.wen@linaro.org> - 2015-11-27 11:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 2/3] input: evdev: add new ioctl EVIOCSIFTYPE / EVIOCGIFTYPE Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-11-27 18:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/3] input: evdev: add new ioctl EVIOCSIFTYPE / EVIOCGIFTYPE Pingbo Wen <pingbo.wen@linaro.org> - 2015-11-29 10:30 +0100

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