Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] Input: Don't send fake button presses to wake system

[Mario Limonciello]

On 6/26/25 12:44 PM, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Mario,
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 06:33:08AM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > On 6/26/25 3:35 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > > Hi Mario,
> > >
> > > On 25-Jun-25 23:58, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > > > From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Sending an input event to wake a system does wake it, but userspace picks
> > > > up the keypress and processes it.  This isn't the intended behavior as it
> > > > causes a suspended system to wake up and then potentially turn off if
> > > > userspace is configured to turn off on power button presses.
> > > >
> > > > Instead send a PM wakeup event for the PM core to handle waking the system.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: Hans de Goede <hansg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Fixes: 0f107573da417 ("Input: gpio_keys - handle the missing key press event in resume phase")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >    drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c | 7 +------
> > > >    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > > > index 773aa5294d269..4c6876b099c43 100644
> > > > --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > > > @@ -420,12 +420,7 @@ static irqreturn_t gpio_keys_gpio_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > > >    		pm_stay_awake(bdata->input->dev.parent);
> > > >    		if (bdata->suspended  &&
> > > >    		    (button->type == 0 || button->type == EV_KEY)) {
> > > > -			/*
> > > > -			 * Simulate wakeup key press in case the key has
> > > > -			 * already released by the time we got interrupt
> > > > -			 * handler to run.
> > > > -			 */
> > > > -			input_report_key(bdata->input, button->code, 1);
> > > > +			pm_wakeup_event(bdata->input->dev.parent, 0);
>
> There is already pm_stay_awake() above.

But that doesn't help with the fact that userspace gets KEY_POWER from 
this and reacts to it.

> > > >    		}
> > > >    	}
> > >
> > > Hmm, we have the same problem on many Bay Trail / Cherry Trail
> > > windows 8 / win10 tablets, so  this has been discussed before and e.g.
> > > Android userspace actually needs the button-press (evdev) event to not
> > > immediately go back to sleep, so a similar patch has been nacked in
> > > the past.
> > >
> > > At least for GNOME this has been fixed in userspace by ignoring
> > > power-button events the first few seconds after a resume from suspend.
> >
> > The default behavior for logind is:
> >
> > HandlePowerKey=poweroff
> >
> > Can you share more about what version of GNOME has a workaround?
> > This was actually GNOME (on Ubuntu 24.04) that I found this issue.
> >
> > Nonetheless if this is dependent on an Android userspace problem could we
> > perhaps conditionalize it on CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDER_DEVICES?
>
> No it is not only Android, other userspace may want to distinguish
> between normal and "dark" resume based on keyboard or other user
> activity.
>
> Thanks.
In this specific case does the key passed up to satisfy this userspace 
requirement and keep it awake need to specifically be a fabricated 
KEY_POWER?

Or could we find a key that doesn't require some userspace to ignore 
KEY_POWER?

Maybe something like KEY_RESERVED, KEY_FN, or KEY_POWER2?