[PATCH] Input: spaceball - fix parsing of movement data packets

From: Leo L. Schwab
Date: Tue Jul 27 2021 - 00:39:14 EST


The spaceball.c module was not properly parsing the movement reports
coming from the device. The code read axis data as signed 16-bit
little-endian values starting at offset 2.

In fact, axis data in Spaceball movement reports are signed 16-bit
big-endian values starting at offset 3. This was determined first by
visually inspecting the data packets, and later verified by consulting:
http://spacemice.org/pdf/SpaceBall_2003-3003_Protocol.pdf

If this ever worked properly, it was in the time before Git...

Signed-off-by: Leo L. Schwab <ewhac@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c b/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
index 429411c6c0a8..43bfb3d2fa8a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
+++ b/drivers/input/joystick/spaceball.c
@@ -74,10 +74,20 @@ static void spaceball_process_packet(struct spaceball* spaceball)
switch (spaceball->data[0]) {

case 'D': /* Ball data */
+ /*
+ * Skip first three bytes; read six axes worth of data.
+ * Axis values are signed 16-bit big-endian.
+ */
if (spaceball->idx != 15) return;
- for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
- input_report_abs(dev, spaceball_axes[i],
- (__s16)((data[2 * i + 3] << 8) | data[2 * i + 2]));
+ data += 3;
+ for (i = 0;
+ i < ARRAY_SIZE(spaceball_axes);
+ ++i, data += sizeof(__s16)) {
+ input_report_abs(
+ dev,
+ spaceball_axes[i],
+ (__s16)((data[0] << 8) | data[1]));
+ }
break;

case 'K': /* Button data */
--
2.32.0