Re: [PATCH 1/9] Input: mt - export MT_TOOL in input_mt_init_slot()

[Benjamin Tissoires]

Hi Dmitry,

On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 8:21 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Benjamin,
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:57:52AM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
>> Looks like we require users to set a tool but input_mt_init_slots() never
>> set the tool bit for us. Meaning that this is a useless information the
>> driver tries to forward.
>
> I am not sure if I agree with this patch: up until now drivers could
> decide if they export presence of the tool type to userspace and
> userspace could distinguish between "pure" touchscreens and touchscreens
> that support additional tools, such as stylus. Now we unconditionally
> claim that all multi-touch devices support multiple tools.
>
> The fact that we were dropping MT_TOOL_TYPE for devices that do not
> support anything but finger I'd consider a "feature".

OK. I was not sure to agree with this, but I had a quick chat with
Peter and he also agrees. There is no real point in forwarding an
event that will never be updated, so let's just skip that patch then.

Expect this to be removed in v2 then.

Cheers,
Benjamin

>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/input/input-mt.c                 | 1 +
>>  drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_2d_sensor.c       | 2 --
>>  drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c | 2 --
>>  drivers/input/touchscreen/hideep.c       | 2 --
>>  drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom_w8001.c  | 2 --
>>  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/input/input-mt.c b/drivers/input/input-mt.c
>> index a1bbec9cda8d..3900686c5d0f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/input/input-mt.c
>> +++ b/drivers/input/input-mt.c
>> @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ int input_mt_init_slots(struct input_dev *dev, unsigned int num_slots,
>>       mt->flags = flags;
>>       input_set_abs_params(dev, ABS_MT_SLOT, 0, num_slots - 1, 0, 0);
>>       input_set_abs_params(dev, ABS_MT_TRACKING_ID, 0, TRKID_MAX, 0, 0);
>> +     input_set_abs_params(dev, ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE, 0, MT_TOOL_MAX, 0, 0);
>>
>>       if (flags & (INPUT_MT_POINTER | INPUT_MT_DIRECT)) {
>>               __set_bit(EV_KEY, dev->evbit);
>> diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_2d_sensor.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_2d_sensor.c
>> index 8bb866c7b985..23e666bd2539 100644
>> --- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_2d_sensor.c
>> +++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_2d_sensor.c
>> @@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ static void rmi_2d_sensor_set_input_params(struct rmi_2d_sensor *sensor)
>>               input_set_abs_params(input, ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR, 0, 0x0f, 0, 0);
>>               input_set_abs_params(input, ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR, 0, 0x0f, 0, 0);
>>               input_set_abs_params(input, ABS_MT_ORIENTATION, 0, 1, 0, 0);
>> -             input_set_abs_params(input, ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE,
>> -                                  0, MT_TOOL_MAX, 0, 0);
>>
>>               if (sensor->sensor_type == rmi_sensor_touchpad)
>>                       input_flags = INPUT_MT_POINTER;
>> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
>> index 54fe190fd4bc..0dcf48100dc1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
>> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/atmel_mxt_ts.c
>> @@ -2021,8 +2021,6 @@ static int mxt_initialize_input_device(struct mxt_data *data)
>>       }
>>
>>       if (data->multitouch == MXT_TOUCH_MULTITOUCHSCREEN_T100) {
>> -             input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE,
>> -                                  0, MT_TOOL_MAX, 0, 0);
>>               input_set_abs_params(input_dev, ABS_MT_DISTANCE,
>>                                    MXT_DISTANCE_ACTIVE_TOUCH,
>>                                    MXT_DISTANCE_HOVERING,
>> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/hideep.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/hideep.c
>> index f1cd4dd9a4a3..980539d8d551 100644
>> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/hideep.c
>> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/hideep.c
>> @@ -799,8 +799,6 @@ static int hideep_init_input(struct hideep_ts *ts)
>>       input_set_capability(ts->input_dev, EV_ABS, ABS_MT_POSITION_Y);
>>       input_set_abs_params(ts->input_dev, ABS_MT_PRESSURE, 0, 65535, 0, 0);
>>       input_set_abs_params(ts->input_dev, ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR, 0, 255, 0, 0);
>> -     input_set_abs_params(ts->input_dev, ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE,
>> -                          0, MT_TOOL_MAX, 0, 0);
>>       touchscreen_parse_properties(ts->input_dev, true, &ts->prop);
>>
>>       if (ts->prop.max_x == 0 || ts->prop.max_y == 0) {
>> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom_w8001.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom_w8001.c
>> index 3715d1eace92..946dca30560b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom_w8001.c
>> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/wacom_w8001.c
>> @@ -529,8 +529,6 @@ static int w8001_setup_touch(struct w8001 *w8001, char *basename,
>>                                       0, touch.x, 0, 0);
>>               input_set_abs_params(dev, ABS_MT_POSITION_Y,
>>                                       0, touch.y, 0, 0);
>> -             input_set_abs_params(dev, ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE,
>> -                                     0, MT_TOOL_MAX, 0, 0);
>>               input_abs_set_res(dev, ABS_MT_POSITION_X, touch.panel_res);
>>               input_abs_set_res(dev, ABS_MT_POSITION_Y, touch.panel_res);
>>
>> --
>> 2.14.3
>>
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Dmitry