Re: [PATCH] Input: raspberrypi-ts - reject out-of-range point counts and slot IDs

From: Linkai Gong

Date: Thu Aug 20 2026 - 21:18:40 EST


Hi Dave

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:43:05 +0100, Dave Stevenson wrote:
> TBH I'd support dropping this driver entirely. Will anyone object if I
> send a patch to do that?

Fine by me. If it goes, this patch doesn't need to land.

> Can you just abort here?
> If this was with i > 0 then there has already been 1 or more
> input_mt_slot(), input_mt_report_slot_state(), and
> touchscreen_report_pos() calls which update the device state.

Yeah, that's a fair point. Returning in the middle of the loop
leaves the earlier slots already updated.

If the driver stays I'll send a v2 that checks all the IDs first.

Thanks,
Linkai