Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] HID: asus: Cycle the platform profile from the Zenbook Duo profile key

From: Denis Benato

Date: Sun Oct 18 2026 - 12:28:46 EST



On 10/13/26 12:40, Paolo Pisati wrote:
> From: Joshua Leivenzon <hacker1024@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The Zenbook Duo keyboard reports Fn+F, the performance mode key, as
> vendor usage 0x9d. On the built-in keyboards of other ASUS laptops the
> same key arrives through asus-wmi, which cycles the platform profile
> in response. Do the same here so the key works on the detachable
> keyboard too.
>
> asus_event() runs from the HID input path, which for USB is the URB
> completion handler, while platform_profile_cycle() takes a mutex, so run
> it from the driver's worker like the Fn-lock toggle, and consume the
> event. Queue at most one cycle at a time, so that a device repeating the
> key cannot grow the worker's list. Only call it when the platform
> profile class is reachable: it is not built on architectures without
> ACPI, where HID_ASUS still is, and it may be a module while HID_ASUS is
> built in.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joshua Leivenzon <hacker1024@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [pisati: defer platform_profile_cycle() to the worker and queue at
> most one cycle, return 1 from asus_event() instead of propagating
> its return value, and guard the call with
> IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_ACPI_PLATFORM_PROFILE)]
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Pisati <p.pisati@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Rebecca Mara Müller <rebecca.mara@xxxxxxxxx> # UX8407AA
> ---
> drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> index d69431615c27..b127f5c38f60 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
> #include <linux/input/mt.h>
> #include <linux/usb.h> /* For to_usb_interface for T100 touchpad intf check */
> #include <linux/power_supply.h>
> +#include <linux/platform_profile.h>
> #include <linux/leds.h>
>
> #include "hid-ids.h"
> @@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ enum asus_work_action_type {
> FN_LOCK_SYNC,
> BRIGHTNESS_SET,
> WMI_FAN,
> + PLATFORM_PROFILE_CYCLE,
> };
>
> struct hid_raw_event_data {
> @@ -423,6 +425,42 @@ static int asus_kbd_fn_lock_set(struct asus_drvdata *drvdata, bool enabled)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static int asus_platform_profile_cycle(struct asus_drvdata *drvdata)
> +{
> + struct asus_worker *worker = drvdata->worker;
> + struct asus_work_action *action, *pending;
> + unsigned long flags;
> + int ret = 0;
> +
> + if (!IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_ACPI_PLATFORM_PROFILE))
> + return 0;
> +
Isn't IS_REACHABLE a macro? Why not using #if and/or #else ?
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
> +
> + /*
> + * One pending cycle is enough: a key press cannot outrun the
> + * worker, and a device repeating the key must not grow the list.
> + */
> + list_for_each_entry(pending, &worker->actions, node) {
> + if (pending->type == PLATFORM_PROFILE_CYCLE)
> + goto unlock;
> + }
> +
> + action = kzalloc_obj(struct asus_work_action, GFP_ATOMIC);
> + if (!action) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> + goto unlock;
> + }
> +
> + action->type = PLATFORM_PROFILE_CYCLE;
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&action->node);
> + asus_worker_schedule(worker, action);
> +
> +unlock:

asus_platform_profile_cycle_unlock please because label names
are unique, not per-function

> + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&worker->lock, flags);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> static int asus_kbd_wmi_fan_send(struct asus_drvdata *drvdata, u8 *report_data,
> size_t report_size)
> {
> @@ -459,8 +497,25 @@ static int asus_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_field *field,
> if ((usage->hid & HID_USAGE_PAGE) == HID_UP_ASUSVENDOR &&
> (usage->hid & HID_USAGE) != 0x00 &&
> (usage->hid & HID_USAGE) != 0xff && !usage->type) {
> - hid_warn(hdev, "Unmapped Asus vendor usagepage code 0x%02x\n",
> - usage->hid & HID_USAGE);
> + /*
> + * Some vendor usages do not map to a key and need special
> + * handling.
> + */
> + switch (usage->hid & HID_USAGE) {
> + case 0x9d: /* Zenbook Duo Fn+F: cycle the platform profile */
> + if (value) {
> + ret = asus_platform_profile_cycle(drvdata);
> + if (ret) {
> + hid_err(hdev, "Failed to cycle the platform profile: %d\n",
> + ret);
> + return ret;
> + }
> + }
> + return 1;
> + default:
> + hid_warn(hdev, "Unmapped Asus vendor usagepage code 0x%02x\n",
> + usage->hid & HID_USAGE);
> + }

If asus recycles 0x9d to make something else is nome other hardware it will end up
doing something else... It's acceptable I think but perhaps a guard may be better?
After all there is a warn about that already...

> }
>
> if (usage->type == EV_KEY && value) {
> @@ -765,6 +820,7 @@ static void asus_work(struct work_struct *work)
> struct asus_worker *worker = container_of(work, struct asus_worker, work);
> struct asus_work_action *action = NULL;
> unsigned long flags;
> + int ret;
>
> /* Save the action to be performed and clear the flag */
> spin_lock_irqsave(&worker->lock, flags);
> @@ -788,6 +844,13 @@ static void asus_work(struct work_struct *work)
> case WMI_FAN:
> asus_kbd_wmi_fan(worker->hdev, &action->data.fan_hid_data);
> break;
> + case PLATFORM_PROFILE_CYCLE:
> + if (!IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_ACPI_PLATFORM_PROFILE))
> + break;

As before: #if !IS_REACHABLE(...)

> + ret = platform_profile_cycle();
> + if (ret)
> + hid_dbg(worker->hdev, "Failed to cycle the platform profile: %d\n", ret);
> + break;
> default:
> hid_err(worker->hdev, "Invalid action type: %d\n", action->type);
> break;