[PATCH v5] m68k: Fix atari mouse movement
From: Miro Kropacek
Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 22:24:11 EST
Kernels are built with -funsigned-char since version 6.2, resulting in
the signed 8-bit position deltas reported by the IKBD being
misinterpreted as unsigned.
The hook is handed a raw IKBD packet, so take it as a byte stream and
apply the sign to the two displacement values alone.
Fixes: 3bc753c06dd02a35 ("kbuild: treat char as always unsigned")
Link: https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2026/08/msg00000.html
Suggested-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miro Kropacek <miro.kropacek@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-input <linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v5:
- take the packet as u8 * and cast only the two displacement values,
as suggested; this drops the call-site cast v4 needed, and with it
the -Wpointer-sign warning
- add the types include atarikb.h now relies on
The same cast of the two displacement values was tested on an Atari
Falcon030 with CT60 in v1 of this patch; v5 differs from it only in the
type of the hook argument.
Michael's Reviewed-by from v3 is dropped, as the approach has changed
twice since.
arch/m68k/atari/atakeyb.c | 2 +-
arch/m68k/include/asm/atarikb.h | 4 +++-
drivers/input/mouse/atarimouse.c | 6 +++---
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/atari/atakeyb.c b/arch/m68k/atari/atakeyb.c
index 49a9a459bdf4..b715e2b8351c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/atari/atakeyb.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/atari/atakeyb.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void (*atari_MIDI_interrupt_hook) (void);
/* Hook for keyboard inputdev driver */
void (*atari_input_keyboard_interrupt_hook) (unsigned char, char);
/* Hook for mouse inputdev driver */
-void (*atari_input_mouse_interrupt_hook) (char *);
+void (*atari_input_mouse_interrupt_hook)(u8 *buf);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(atari_input_keyboard_interrupt_hook);
EXPORT_SYMBOL(atari_input_mouse_interrupt_hook);
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/atarikb.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/atarikb.h
index 68f3622bf591..bdf67bff1472 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/atarikb.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/atarikb.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_ATARIKB_H
#define _LINUX_ATARIKB_H
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
void ikbd_write(const char *, int);
void ikbd_mouse_button_action(int mode);
void ikbd_mouse_rel_pos(void);
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ extern void (*atari_MIDI_interrupt_hook) (void);
/* Hook for keyboard inputdev driver */
extern void (*atari_input_keyboard_interrupt_hook) (unsigned char, char);
/* Hook for mouse inputdev driver */
-extern void (*atari_input_mouse_interrupt_hook) (char *);
+extern void (*atari_input_mouse_interrupt_hook)(u8 *buf);
int atari_keyb_init(void);
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/atarimouse.c b/drivers/input/mouse/atarimouse.c
index b1219cc4d9a2..c5b794262e85 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/atarimouse.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/atarimouse.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ extern int atari_mouse_buttons;
static struct input_dev *atamouse_dev;
-static void atamouse_interrupt(char *buf)
+static void atamouse_interrupt(u8 *buf)
{
int buttons, dx, dy;
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ static void atamouse_interrupt(char *buf)
#endif
/* only relative events get here */
- dx = buf[1];
- dy = buf[2];
+ dx = (s8)buf[1];
+ dy = (s8)buf[2];
input_report_rel(atamouse_dev, REL_X, dx);
input_report_rel(atamouse_dev, REL_Y, dy);
--
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