Re: NULL pointer dereference in i2c-hid

From: Andrew Duggan
Date: Thu Dec 11 2014 - 19:27:28 EST


On 12/11/2014 01:57 PM, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
On Thursday 11 December 2014 13:34:02 Andrew Duggan wrote:
On 12/11/2014 01:17 PM, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
On Thursday 11 December 2014 12:46:53 Andrew Duggan wrote:
On 12/11/2014 11:40 AM, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
On Thursday 11 December 2014 11:21:43 Andrew Duggan wrote:
On 12/11/2014 11:11 AM, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
On Thursday 11 December 2014 10:40:05 Andrew Duggan wrote:
On 12/11/2014 10:16 AM, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
On Thursday 11 December 2014 16:03:07 Mika Westerberg wrote:
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 10:58:01AM +0200, Mika Westerberg wrote:
On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 06:04:51PM +0100, Gabriele Mazzotta wrote:
my laptop uses a touchpad that needs hid-rmi along with i2c-hid to work.
i2c-hid and hid-rmi can be loaded and unloaded independelty from each
other, however since 34f439e4afcd ("HID: i2c-hid: add runtime PM support")
if I unload hid-rmi and after it I also unload i2c-hid, I get a NULL
pointer dereference.
I'll look into this.

I can reproduce this easily with i2c-hid + hid-multitouch following your
directions.
Can you try the below patch?

I think we shouldn't free buffers yet in ->stop() because we need the
command buffer sending power commands to the device. Also it seems that
->start() re-allocates buffers anyway if maximum size increases.

It shouldn't even leak memory as we release buffers at ->remove()
anyway.

diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
index 62cec01937ea..68a8c938feea 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid.c
@@ -705,12 +705,7 @@ static int i2c_hid_start(struct hid_device *hid)
static void i2c_hid_stop(struct hid_device *hid)
{
- struct i2c_client *client = hid->driver_data;
- struct i2c_hid *ihid = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
-
hid->claimed = 0;
-
- i2c_hid_free_buffers(ihid);
}
static int i2c_hid_open(struct hid_device *hid)
Yes, it works, thanks.

This change seems to also prevent kernel ooops when I unload either
i2c-hid or i2c-designware-platform while the touchpad is in use,
thing that is likely to happen because of the other bug I reported.

Speaking of it, does any of you have any suggestion on how to debug it?
I was able to reproduce the initial issue by unloading hid-rmi and
i2c-hid while holding my fingers on the touchpad. Mika's patch fixes it
for me.

For the original bug, you can modprobe i2c-hid debug=1 and we can see
what data the touchpad is reporting. That might help narrowing down if
it's noise which the touchpad thinks are fingers or if there is a
problem with the I2C lines causing spurious interrupts.

Andrew
I've already tried to do that and here what I got:

When I release the finger, the last message is repeated 81 times.
If the byte containing informations about the width of the finger
becomes equal to either c0 or 0c at least once, the last message is
repeated indefinitely and changes as soon as I start using the touchpad.
The only way to stop it is to unload and reload i2c-hid.
The reports before log throttling kicks in would still be useful. For
instance c0 is outside of the range of finger width which we report so
something is wrong there. But, the touchpad should stop interrupting
once the finger is lifted. The fact that subsequent reads are reporting
the same data does sound like a problem with I2C getting confused and
continuously interrupting and reading the old finger data. I am also
curious about the value of the byte after the report id.

Andrew
If I'm not wrong c0 means that the width is 12 on y axis, while 0c means
that the width is 12 on the x axis.
You are correct! I forgot width was 4 bits for X and Y in the same byte.
That makes more sense.

I have to correct myself. The important thing is that the byte is either
cx or xc, where x is anything below c.

Another correction. Sometimes unloading i2c-hid is not enough, I have to
first disable the touchpad with xinput and then unload i2c-hid. If I
don't do it, the messages starts reappearing as soon as I reload i2c-hid.

I did several tests in the past months and I'm quite sure that the bug
happens only past xc/cy.
This maybe coincidental. It is not obvious to me why a certain width
value would cause the symptoms described.
Yes, I don't deny it. This is just a constant I found in my tests.

Here few lines right before the bug. The last line is repeated indefinitely:

[ 1983.527097] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 67 5b 61 0a 5f 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.537211] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 67 5b 63 0a 60 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.547329] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 67 5b 64 0a 60 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.557486] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 67 5b 66 0a 60 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.567663] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 67 5b 68 0a 60 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.577719] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 67 5b 6a 0a 61 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.587852] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 67 5b 6b 0a 61 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.598001] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 67 5b 6e 0a 62 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.608215] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 68 5b 61 0a 62 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.618288] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 68 5b 64 0b 63 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.628493] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 68 5b 67 0b 63 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.638552] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 68 5b 69 0b 64 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.648663] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 68 5b 6c 0b 64 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.658789] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 68 5b 6f 0b 64 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.668923] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 69 5b 61 0b 65 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.678819] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 69 5b 64 0b 65 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.689230] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 69 5b 66 0b 65 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.699435] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 69 5b 68 0b 65 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.709502] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 69 5b 6a 0b 66 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.719574] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 69 5b 6c 0b 66 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.729713] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 69 5b 6e 0b 66 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.739863] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6a 5b 60 0b 66 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.750001] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6a 5b 62 0b 66 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.760150] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 6a 5b 64 0b 67 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.770291] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6a 5b 66 0b 67 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.780445] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6a 5b 68 0b 67 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.790490] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6a 5b 5a 0b 68 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.800667] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 6a 5b 4e 0c 69 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.810691] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6b 5b 31 0c 69 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.820963] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6b 5b 24 0c 6a 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.831071] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6b 5b 17 0c 6a 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.841178] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6b 5b 09 0c 6a 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.851325] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6b 5b 0b 0c 6b 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.861435] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6b 5b 0d 0c 6b 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.871566] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 6b 5b 0f 0c 6b 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.881735] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6c 5b 01 0c 6b 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.891975] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6c 5b 03 0c 6b 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.902073] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6c 5b 05 0c 6c 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.912155] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6c 5b 07 0c 6b 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.922224] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6c 5b 09 0c 6c 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.932364] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6c 5b 0b 0c 6c 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.942480] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6c 5b 0d 0c 6c 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.952612] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 6c 5b 0f 0c 6c 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.962774] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6d 5a f1 0d 6d 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.972932] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6d 5a f3 0d 6e 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.982872] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6d 5a f6 0d 6f 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1983.993194] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 6d 5a f9 0d 6f 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.003295] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6d 5a fc 0d 6f 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.013511] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6d 5a ff 0d 70 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.023590] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6e 5a f2 0d 70 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.033747] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 6e 5a f5 0e 71 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.043850] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6e 5a f8 0e 71 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.053873] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6e 5a fb 0e 71 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.064077] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6e 5a fe 0e 72 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.074207] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6f 5a f1 0e 72 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.084425] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 6f 5a f3 0e 72 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.094533] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6f 5a f6 0e 73 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.104629] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6f 5a f8 0e 73 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.114742] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6f 5a fa 0e 73 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.124890] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6f 5a fc 0e 73 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.135006] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 6f 5a fe 0e 73 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.145149] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 70 5a f0 0e 73 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.155317] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 70 5a e2 0e 73 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.165380] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 70 5a d4 0d 74 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.175532] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 70 5a d6 0d 74 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.185409] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 70 5a d8 0d 75 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.195761] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 70 5a db 0d 75 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.205909] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 70 5a dd 0d 75 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.216034] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 71 5a d0 0e 76 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.226198] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 71 5a d3 0e 77 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.236301] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 71 5a d6 0e 77 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.246520] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 71 5a cb 0f 79 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.256573] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 01 00 72 5a b1 0e 78 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.266697] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 72 5a a7 0e 77 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.276823] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 72 5a 6d 0d 72 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.286921] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 0c 01 00 73 59 96 0a 5a 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.296888] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 00 00 73 59 96 00 00 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.306825] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 00 00 73 59 96 00 00 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1984.316980] i2c_hid i2c-DLL060A:00: input: 20 00 0c 04 00 00 73 59 96 00 00 03 09 40 00 00 90 86 1d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
The last report which repeats indicates that no fingers are present.
But, the click button is generating the interrupt and it is reporting
that it is in the down position. Could the click button be getting stuck
down? That would also explain why the data in the report is not
changing. Could you be bumping the touchpad with your palm which is
causing the click button to get stuck in the down position? That might
also explain the large width value. Our max width is 15, so 12 would
typically indicate a contact larger then a normal finger contact. That
would explain the width of 12 showing up when this happens.
Yes, that's not a normal finger touch and the reported width seems
quite accurate to me. There are no clicks involved, laying the side of
my thumb gently on the top part of the clickpad (from where even voluntary
clicks are hard to obtain) is enough to trigger the bug. If a click is
reported, than something is really wrong.
Do the reports look the same? With the repeated reports starting with
"20 00 0c 04"?
I'm not sure I understood exactly what you want to know, so this might
not answer your questions.

All the repeated messages look like this:

20 00 0c 04 00 00 27 57 fa 00 00 07 8a 0c 00 00 7e 87 eb 00 00 aa 8f 37 00 00 61 4d f1 00 00 00

The values equal to zero are always equal to zero when there are no
fingers on the touchpad. The non-zero values are equal to the last
valid value recorded and don't change when the fingers are released.

To get the above line I touched the touchpad with 5 fingers so that
all the bytes (except the last one which is different from zero on
click release) were used.

Yes, that was the information I was looking for. But, this must not be my day since it turns out I misremembered what 0x4 stood for and this is unrelated to the click button. You can ignore everything I said about the click button =)

The report you have above is actually a finger lift report which indicates that all of the fingers left the touchpad. I checked the firmware configuration for this touchpad and it will repeat the lift report probably about 40 times. This is the expected behavior. However, you reported earlier that the message had been repeated 81 times? That seems a bit high and it would not explain why it gets repeated indefinitely.

You can try disabling the repeating finger lift reports and see if that helps. To do that you need to download a utility at:
https://github.com/aduggan/rmi4utils

After building it run:
$ sudo ./rmihidtool -r 0x45 1 /dev/hidraw0
This should print out 0x78 assuming the register address is what I expect. If not I can send further instructions on how to figure that out.

To disable the repeating lift report run:
$ sudo ./rmihidtool -w 0x45 0x38 /dev/hidraw0

After you do that there should only be one finger lift report.

Also, if you can get the firmware id from your touchpad that would also be useful.

$ sudo ./rmihidtool -f /dev/hidraw0

Andrew

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