Re: [PATCH RESEND] Input: atkbd - skip cleanup when used as a wakeup source

[Dmitry Torokhov]

Hi Henry,

On Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 12:01:50PM -0700, Henry Barnor via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Henry Barnor <hbarnor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In systems using suspend-to-idle, the serio core calls atkbd_cleanup()
> during the suspend transition. Currently, this function unconditionally
> calls atkbd_disable(), setting atkbd->enabled to false.
> 
> This creates a race condition during wakeup: when a key is pressed to
> wake the system, atkbd_receive_byte() is triggered. It correctly signals
> a wakeup event to the PM core, but then checks atkbd->enabled. Because
> the driver was disabled during suspend, the scancode is discarded.
> The system wakes up, but the initial keystroke is lost.
> 
> This is particularly problematic for platforms like Android that rely on
> the input event itself to complete the wakeup transition and turn on the
> screen. On these systems, the device wakes up but remains in a dim state
> because the initial interaction was lost.

This is really for the Android system layer to solve.

> 
> This patch modifies atkbd_cleanup() to skip disabling and resetting
> the keyboard if the device is configured as a wakeup source. This
> preserves atkbd->enabled = true through the sleep duration, ensuring
> the wake-up scancode is reported to the input subsystem.
> 
> Note that this also affects the shutdown path. However, if a device is
> configured for wakeup, skipping the reset to "default" state is
> consistent with the goal of allowing the hardware to trigger a
> system-state transition. Modern BIOS/UEFI implementations perform their
> own keyboard initialization, so skipping the legacy reset on reboot
> for these devices poses minimal risk.

We unfortunately need to support devices much older than that, so we can
not be sure that this change is safe. Historically there we a lot of
instances where systems were unhappy if we attempted to enter shutdown
or suspend paths with devices in state other than freshly reset.

Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry