Re: [PATCH] Call input_set_timestamp for events injected using uinput

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Mon May 01 2023 - 23:21:45 EST


On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 12:13:05PM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote:
> Thanks for the CC, I would've missed that.
>
> On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 06:05:59PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 12:01:51AM +0000, Biswarup Pal wrote:
> > > Currently, uinput doesn't use the input_set_timestamp API, so any
> > > event injected using uinput is not accurately timestamped in terms of
> > > measuring when the actual event happened. Hence, call the
> > > input_set_timestamp API from uinput in order to provide a more
> > > accurate sense of time for the event. Propagate only the timestamps
> > > which are a) positive, b) within a pre-defined offset (10 secs) from
> > > the current time, and c) not in the future.
> >
> > This makes sense to me. Peter, do you see any issues?
>
> nope, this looks good and has my
> Reviewed-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer@xxxxxxxxx>

Great, applied.

>
> afaict any code that has compiler warnings enabled should have this on
> zero anyway. It'd be really nice to pass a timestamp down to uinput but
> that's obviously a lot more involved.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Biswarup Pal <biswarupp@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/input/misc/uinput.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
> > > index f2593133e524..d98212d55108 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
> > > @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
> > > #define UINPUT_NAME "uinput"
> > > #define UINPUT_BUFFER_SIZE 16
> > > #define UINPUT_NUM_REQUESTS 16
> > > +#define UINPUT_TIMESTAMP_ALLOWED_OFFSET_SECS 10
> > >
> > > enum uinput_state { UIST_NEW_DEVICE, UIST_SETUP_COMPLETE, UIST_CREATED };
> > >
> > > @@ -569,11 +570,40 @@ static int uinput_setup_device_legacy(struct uinput_device *udev,
> > > return retval;
> > > }
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * Returns true if the given timestamp is valid (i.e., if all the following
> > > + * conditions are satisfied), false otherwise.
> > > + * 1) given timestamp is positive
> > > + * 2) it's within the allowed offset before the current time
> > > + * 3) it's not in the future
> > > + */
> > > +static bool is_valid_timestamp(const ktime_t timestamp)
> > > +{
> > > + ktime_t zero_time;
> > > + ktime_t current_time;
> > > + ktime_t min_time;
> > > + ktime_t offset;
> > > +
> > > + zero_time = ktime_set(0, 0);
> > > + if (ktime_compare(zero_time, timestamp) >= 0)
> > > + return false;
> > > +
> > > + current_time = ktime_get();
> > > + offset = ktime_set(UINPUT_TIMESTAMP_ALLOWED_OFFSET_SECS, 0);
> > > + min_time = ktime_sub(current_time, offset);
> > > +
> > > + if (ktime_after(min_time, timestamp) || ktime_after(timestamp, current_time))
> > > + return false;
> > > +
> > > + return true;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > > static ssize_t uinput_inject_events(struct uinput_device *udev,
> > > const char __user *buffer, size_t count)
> > > {
> > > struct input_event ev;
> > > size_t bytes = 0;
> > > + ktime_t timestamp;
> > >
> > > if (count != 0 && count < input_event_size())
> > > return -EINVAL;
> > > @@ -588,6 +618,10 @@ static ssize_t uinput_inject_events(struct uinput_device *udev,
> > > if (input_event_from_user(buffer + bytes, &ev))
> > > return -EFAULT;
> > >
> > > + timestamp = ktime_set(ev.input_event_sec, ev.input_event_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC);
> > > + if (is_valid_timestamp(timestamp))
> > > + input_set_timestamp(udev->dev, timestamp);
> > > +
> > > input_event(udev->dev, ev.type, ev.code, ev.value);
> > > bytes += input_event_size();
> > > cond_resched();
> > > --
> > > 2.40.1.495.gc816e09b53d-goog
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Dmitry

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Dmitry