Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - f55: handle zero electrode count

From: Dmitry Torokhov
Date: Mon Mar 10 2025 - 15:00:52 EST


On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 03:08:40PM +0100, David Heidelberg via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: methanal <baclofen@xxxxxxx>
>
> Some third party ICs claim to support f55 but report an electrode count
> of 0. Catch this and bail out early so that we don't confuse the i2c bus
> with 0 sized reads.
>
> Signed-off-by: methanal <baclofen@xxxxxxx>
> [simplify code, adjust wording]
> Signed-off-by: Caleb Connolly <caleb.connolly@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f55.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f55.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f55.c
> index 488adaca4dd00482cd1106d813b32871092c83a0..ad2ef14ae9f4e897473db43334792cc3de966d52 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f55.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_f55.c
> @@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ static int rmi_f55_detect(struct rmi_function *fn)
>
> f55->num_rx_electrodes = f55->qry[F55_NUM_RX_OFFSET];
> f55->num_tx_electrodes = f55->qry[F55_NUM_TX_OFFSET];
> + if (!f55->num_rx_electrodes || !f55->num_tx_electrodes) {
> + rmi_dbg(RMI_DEBUG_FN, &fn->dev,
> + "F55 query returned no electrodes, giving up\n");
> + return 0;

0 here means "successfully detected" and will result in F55 probe
succeeding. I expect you want -EINVAL or -ENODEV here.

Thanks.

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Dmitry