[PATCH] input: handle bad parity PS/2 packets in mouse drivers better

From: Damjan Jovanovic
Date: Tue Apr 13 2010 - 07:29:31 EST


This fixes a regression introduced in Linux 2.6.2 where mice that
sporadically produce bad parity go crazy and start jumping around and
clicking randomly, which never happens in any version of Windows
running on the same hardware. The bugzilla bug is
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6105

The patch works by always accumulating a full PS/2 packet, then
ignoring the packet if any byte had a bad checksum. A month of testing
it against an affected mouse has revealed it works perfectly in
practice.

This is the third resend, also CC'ed to lkml and Andrew Morton this
time, because the previous 2 emails to linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and
the input/mouse maintainers from 28 March 2010 were ignored.

Regards
Damjan Jovanovic

Signed-off-by: Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov@xxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
index 7490f1d..82b34b6 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/alps.c
@@ -378,10 +378,16 @@ static psmouse_ret_t alps_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
struct alps_data *priv = psmouse->private;
const struct alps_model_info *model = priv->i;

+ if (psmouse->pktcnt == 1 && psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_BAD_DATA;
+
if ((psmouse->packet[0] & 0xc8) == 0x08) { /* PS/2 packet */
if (psmouse->pktcnt == 3) {
- alps_report_bare_ps2_packet(psmouse, psmouse->packet,
- true);
+ if (psmouse->badparity) {
+ alps_report_bare_ps2_packet(psmouse,
+ psmouse->packet,
+ true);
+ }
return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
}
return PSMOUSE_GOOD_DATA;
@@ -391,6 +397,8 @@ static psmouse_ret_t alps_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)

if ((model->flags & ALPS_PS2_INTERLEAVED) &&
psmouse->pktcnt >= 4 && (psmouse->packet[3] & 0x0f) == 0x0f) {
+ if (psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_BAD_DATA;
return alps_handle_interleaved_ps2(psmouse);
}

@@ -409,7 +417,8 @@ static psmouse_ret_t alps_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
}

if (psmouse->pktcnt == 6) {
- alps_process_packet(psmouse);
+ if (!psmouse->badparity)
+ alps_process_packet(psmouse);
return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
}

diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
index b27684f..813dde7 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/elantech.c
@@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t elantech_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
if (psmouse->pktcnt < psmouse->pktsize)
return PSMOUSE_GOOD_DATA;

+ if (psmouse->pktcnt == psmouse->pktsize && psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+
if (etd->debug > 1)
elantech_packet_dump(psmouse->packet, psmouse->pktsize);

diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/hgpk.c b/drivers/input/mouse/hgpk.c
index 9169d15..c06439e 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/hgpk.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/hgpk.c
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ static psmouse_ret_t hgpk_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
}

if (psmouse->pktcnt >= psmouse->pktsize) {
- hgpk_process_packet(psmouse);
+ if (!psmouse->badparity)
+ hgpk_process_packet(psmouse);
return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
}

diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/lifebook.c b/drivers/input/mouse/lifebook.c
index 7c1d7d4..e4d1bac 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/lifebook.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/lifebook.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t lifebook_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
unsigned char *packet = psmouse->packet;
bool relative_packet = packet[0] & 0x08;

+ if (psmouse->pktcnt == 1 && psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_BAD_DATA;
+
if (relative_packet || !lifebook_use_6byte_proto) {
if (psmouse->pktcnt != 3)
return PSMOUSE_GOOD_DATA;
@@ -166,6 +169,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t lifebook_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
}
}

+ if (psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+
if (relative_packet) {
if (!dev2)
printk(KERN_WARNING "lifebook.c: got relative packet "
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/logips2pp.c b/drivers/input/mouse/logips2pp.c
index 543c240..7d41ddb 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/logips2pp.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/logips2pp.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t ps2pp_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
* Full packet accumulated, process it
*/

+ if (psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+
if ((packet[0] & 0x48) == 0x48 && (packet[1] & 0x02) == 0x02) {

/* Logitech extended packet */
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
index d8c0c8d..8aa033d 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t psmouse_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
* Full packet accumulated, process it
*/

+ if (psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+
/*
* Scroll wheel on IntelliMice, scroll buttons on NetMice
*/
@@ -217,6 +220,7 @@ void psmouse_queue_work(struct psmouse *psmouse, struct delayed_work *work,
static inline void __psmouse_set_state(struct psmouse *psmouse, enum psmouse_state new_state)
{
psmouse->state = new_state;
+ psmouse->badparity = 0;
psmouse->pktcnt = psmouse->out_of_sync_cnt = 0;
psmouse->ps2dev.flags = 0;
psmouse->last = jiffies;
@@ -257,10 +261,12 @@ static int psmouse_handle_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
return -1;
}
}
+ psmouse->badparity = 0;
psmouse->pktcnt = 0;
break;

case PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET:
+ psmouse->badparity = 0;
psmouse->pktcnt = 0;
if (psmouse->out_of_sync_cnt) {
psmouse->out_of_sync_cnt = 0;
@@ -270,6 +276,7 @@ static int psmouse_handle_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
break;

case PSMOUSE_GOOD_DATA:
+ psmouse->badparity = 0;
break;
}
return 0;
@@ -293,8 +300,12 @@ static irqreturn_t psmouse_interrupt(struct serio *serio,
printk(KERN_WARNING "psmouse.c: bad data from KBC -%s%s\n",
flags & SERIO_TIMEOUT ? " timeout" : "",
flags & SERIO_PARITY ? " bad parity" : "");
- ps2_cmd_aborted(&psmouse->ps2dev);
- goto out;
+ if (flags & SERIO_TIMEOUT) {
+ ps2_cmd_aborted(&psmouse->ps2dev);
+ goto out;
+ } else {
+ psmouse->badparity = 1;
+ }
}

if (unlikely(psmouse->ps2dev.flags & PS2_FLAG_ACK))
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
index e053bdd..93ba9df 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct psmouse {
char *vendor;
char *name;
unsigned char packet[8];
+ int badparity;
unsigned char badbyte;
unsigned char pktcnt;
unsigned char pktsize;
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c b/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c
index 81a6b81..0778d84 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/sentelic.c
@@ -637,6 +637,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t fsp_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
* Full packet accumulated, process it
*/

+ if (psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+
switch (psmouse->packet[0] >> FSP_PKT_TYPE_SHIFT) {
case FSP_PKT_TYPE_ABS:
dev_warn(&psmouse->ps2dev.serio->dev,
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
index d3f5243..25ec71c 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics.c
@@ -534,6 +534,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t synaptics_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
struct synaptics_data *priv = psmouse->private;

if (psmouse->pktcnt >= 6) { /* Full packet received */
+ if (psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+
if (unlikely(priv->pkt_type == SYN_NEWABS))
priv->pkt_type = synaptics_detect_pkt_type(psmouse);

diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/touchkit_ps2.c b/drivers/input/mouse/touchkit_ps2.c
index 909431c..12a1e31 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/touchkit_ps2.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/touchkit_ps2.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ static psmouse_ret_t touchkit_ps2_process_byte(struct psmouse *psmouse)
if (psmouse->pktcnt != 5)
return PSMOUSE_GOOD_DATA;

+ if (psmouse->badparity)
+ return PSMOUSE_FULL_PACKET;
+
input_report_abs(dev, ABS_X, TOUCHKIT_GET_X(packet));
input_report_abs(dev, ABS_Y, TOUCHKIT_GET_Y(packet));
input_report_key(dev, BTN_TOUCH, TOUCHKIT_GET_TOUCHED(packet));