Re: [PATCH 2/5] Input: pinephone-keyboard - Add PinePhone keyboard driver

[Ondřej Jirman]

Hello Samuel,

On Sat, Jan 29, 2022 at 05:00:39PM -0600, Samuel Holland wrote:
> The official Pine64 PinePhone keyboard case contains a matrix keypad and
> a MCU which runs a libre firmware. Add support for its I2C interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

> [...]

> +
> +	ppkb->buf_swap = !ppkb->buf_swap;
> +
> +	keymap = ppkb->fn_state ? ppkb->fn_keymap : ppkb->input->keycode;
> +	for (col = 0; col < ppkb->cols; ++col) {
> +		u8 old = *(++old_buf);
> +		u8 new = *(++new_buf);
> +		u8 changed = old ^ new;
> +
> +		for (row = 0; row < ppkb->rows; ++row) {
> +			int code = MATRIX_SCAN_CODE(row, col, ppkb->row_shift);
> +			int value = new & BIT(row);
> +
> +			if (!(changed & BIT(row)))
> +				continue;
> +
> +			dev_dbg(dev, "row %u col %u %sed\n",
> +				row, col, value ? "press" : "releas");
> +			if (keymap[code] == KEY_FN) {
> +				dev_dbg(dev, "FN is now %sed\n",
> +					value ? "press" : "releas");
> +				keymap = value ? ppkb->fn_keymap
> +					       : ppkb->input->keycode;
> +				ppkb->fn_state = value;
> +			}
> +			input_event(ppkb->input, EV_MSC, MSC_SCAN, code);
> +			input_report_key(ppkb->input, keymap[code], value);

I think there's a logic issue here with the Fn layer. Consider what happens
when you press Fn press F1 and then release Fn and release F1. In that case
input_report_key will report press of F1 (in fn layer) but release of '1'
which is not in Fn layer, because Fn layer was de-activated before releasing
the modified key.

>From the PoV of the user, this will probably lead to auto-repeat of F1 and
spurious '1' release without preceding press event. So the userspace sees
F1 as stuck and auto-repeats it.

kind regards,
	o.

> +		}
> +	}
> +	input_sync(ppkb->input);
> +}
> +