[PATCH 07/12] HID: asus: add joysticks anti-deadzone configuration

From: Denis Benato

Date: Thu Aug 13 2026 - 10:51:44 EST


ROG Ally devices allow configuring the anti-deadzone parameter for
the resistive joysticks devices as over time those develops drift,
therefore allow userspace to configure the anti-deadzone by exposing
relevant sysfs attributes.

Signed-off-by: Denis Benato <denis.benato@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luke Jones <luke@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 163 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 163 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
index eb735ec8f065..8ed10c5b22ab 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
@@ -1155,6 +1155,165 @@ static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold =
static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold_range =
__ATTR(outer_threshold_range, 0444, right_joystick_outer_threshold_range_show, NULL);

+/**
+ * ally_set_anti_deadzone - Set anti-deadzone values for joysticks
+ * @hdev: HID device
+ * @left_adz: Left joystick anti-deadzone value (0-100)
+ * @right_adz: Right joystick anti-deadzone value (0-100)
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative on failure
+ */
+static int ally_set_anti_deadzone(struct hid_device *hdev, u8 left_adz, u8 right_adz)
+{
+ struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
+ struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally;
+ const u8 payload[] = { left_adz, right_adz };
+ int ret;
+
+ u8 *buf __free(kfree) = ally_alloc_cmd(CMD_SET_ANTI_DEADZONE, payload, sizeof(payload));
+ if (!buf)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ if (!ally->config->anti_deadzone_support) {
+ hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
+ ret = ally_dev_set_report(hdev, buf, ROG_ALLY_REPORT_SIZE);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ hid_err(hdev, "Failed to set anti-deadzone values: %d\n", ret);
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t left_joystick_anti_deadzone_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev);
+ struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
+ struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally;
+
+ if (!ally || !ally->config)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if (!ally->config->anti_deadzone_support) {
+ hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", ally->config->left_anti_deadzone);
+}
+
+static ssize_t left_joystick_anti_deadzone_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev);
+ struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
+ struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally;
+ u8 value;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!ally || !ally->config)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if (!ally->config->anti_deadzone_support) {
+ hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
+ ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value);
+ if (ret || value > 100)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = ally_set_anti_deadzone(hdev, value, ally->config->right_anti_deadzone);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ scoped_guard(mutex, &ally->config->config_mutex)
+ ally->config->left_anti_deadzone = value;
+
+ return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "0 100\n");
+}
+
+static ssize_t right_joystick_anti_deadzone_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev);
+ struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
+ struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally;
+
+ if (!ally || !ally->config)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if (!ally->config->anti_deadzone_support) {
+ hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%u\n", ally->config->right_anti_deadzone);
+}
+
+static ssize_t right_joystick_anti_deadzone_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct hid_device *hdev = to_hid_device(dev);
+ struct asus_drvdata *drvdata = hid_get_drvdata(hdev);
+ struct ally_handheld *const ally = drvdata->rog_ally;
+ u8 value;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!ally || !ally->config)
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ if (!ally->config->anti_deadzone_support) {
+ hid_dbg(hdev, "Anti-deadzone not supported on this device\n");
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ }
+
+ ret = kstrtou8(buf, 10, &value);
+ if (ret || value > 100)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = ally_set_anti_deadzone(hdev, ally->config->left_anti_deadzone, value);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ scoped_guard(mutex, &ally->config->config_mutex)
+ ally->config->right_anti_deadzone = value;
+
+ return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show(struct device *dev,
+ struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "0 100\n");
+}
+
+static struct device_attribute dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone =
+ __ATTR(anti_deadzone, 0644, left_joystick_anti_deadzone_show,
+ left_joystick_anti_deadzone_store);
+
+static struct device_attribute dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range =
+ __ATTR(anti_deadzone_range, 0444, left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show, NULL);
+
+static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone =
+ __ATTR(anti_deadzone, 0644, right_joystick_anti_deadzone_show,
+ right_joystick_anti_deadzone_store);
+
+static struct device_attribute dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range =
+ __ATTR(anti_deadzone_range, 0444, right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range_show, NULL);
+
/**
* ally_set_trigger_ranges() - Generic function to set triggers ranges
*
@@ -1447,6 +1606,8 @@ static struct attribute *left_joystick_axis_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_left_joystick_outer_threshold.attr,
&dev_attr_left_joystick_inner_threshold_range.attr,
&dev_attr_left_joystick_outer_threshold_range.attr,
+ &dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone.attr,
+ &dev_attr_left_joystick_anti_deadzone_range.attr,
NULL
};

@@ -1455,6 +1616,8 @@ static struct attribute *right_joystick_axis_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold.attr,
&dev_attr_right_joystick_inner_threshold_range.attr,
&dev_attr_right_joystick_outer_threshold_range.attr,
+ &dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone.attr,
+ &dev_attr_right_joystick_anti_deadzone_range.attr,
NULL
};

--
2.47.3