Re: INPUT: keyboard_tasklet - don't touch LED's of already grabed device

[Aivils Stoss]

On Otrdiena, 6. Septembris 2005 14:57, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 04:52:28AM -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > --- Aivils Stoss <aivils@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi, Vojtech!
> > >
> > > Recent kernels allow exclusive usage of input device
> > > when
> > > input device is grabed. keyboard_tasklet does not
> > > check
> > > device state and switch LED's of all keyboards.
> > > However
> > > grabed device may be use another LED steering code.
> > >
> > > This patch forbid keyboard_tasklet switch LED's of
> > > grabed devices.
> > >
> > > Aivils Stoss
> >
> > While trying this with 2.6.12 it gets a compilation
> > error. Not when you move the added statements after
> > the structure declaration.
> >
> > Is that me heading for them thar hills?
>
> The patch probably wasn't tested. ;)

How a soul who hates kernel compilation can test a patch?
Runtime modifcation:
http://www.ltn.lv/~aivils/files/hijackled-2.6.11-12mdk.tar.bz2

Aivils

--- linux-2.6.13/drivers/char/keyboard.c        2005-08-29 02:41:01.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.13/drivers/char/keyboard.c~       2005-09-06 15:32:28.000000000 +0300
@@ -896,16 +896,18 @@ static inline unsigned char getleds(void
 static void kbd_bh(unsigned long dummy)
 {
        struct list_head * node;
        unsigned char leds = getleds();

        if (leds != ledstate) {
                list_for_each(node,&kbd_handler.h_list) {
                        struct input_handle * handle = to_handle_h(node);
+                       if (handle->dev->grab)
+                               continue;
                        input_event(handle->dev, EV_LED, LED_SCROLLL, !!(leds & 0x01));
                        input_event(handle->dev, EV_LED, LED_NUML,    !!(leds & 0x02));
                        input_event(handle->dev, EV_LED, LED_CAPSL,   !!(leds & 0x04));
                        input_sync(handle->dev);
                }
        }

        ledstate = leds;
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