kernel/linux.git/include/linux/input.h, branch v2.6.19.2

IRQ: Maintain regs pointer globally rather than passing to IRQ handlers

2006-10-05T14:10:12+00:00

Maintain a per-CPU global "struct pt_regs *" variable which can be used instead of passing regs around manually through all ~1800 interrupt handlers in the Linux kernel. The regs pointer is used in few places, but it potentially costs both stack space and code to pass it around. On the FRV arch, removing the regs parameter from all the genirq function results in a 20% speed up of the IRQ exit path (ie: from leaving timer_interrupt() to leaving do_IRQ()). Where appropriate, an arch may override the generic storage facility and do something different with the variable. On FRV, for instance, the address is maintained in GR28 at all times inside the kernel as part of general exception handling. Having looked over the code, it appears that the parameter may be handed down through up to twenty or so layers of functions. Consider a USB character device attached to a USB hub, attached to a USB controller that posts its interrupts through a cascaded auxiliary interrupt controller. A character device driver may want to pass regs to the sysrq handler through the input layer which adds another few layers of parameter passing. I've build this code with allyesconfig for x86_64 and i386. I've runtested the main part of the code on FRV and i386, though I can't test most of the drivers. I've also done partial conversion for powerpc and MIPS - these at least compile with minimal configurations. This will affect all archs. Mostly the changes should be relatively easy. Take do_IRQ(), store the regs pointer at the beginning, saving the old one: struct pt_regs *old_regs = set_irq_regs(regs); And put the old one back at the end: set_irq_regs(old_regs); Don't pass regs through to generic_handle_irq() or __do_IRQ(). In timer_interrupt(), this sort of change will be necessary: - update_process_times(user_mode(regs)); - profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING, regs); + update_process_times(user_mode(get_irq_regs())); + profile_tick(CPU_PROFILING); I'd like to move update_process_times()'s use of get_irq_regs() into itself, except that i386, alone of the archs, uses something other than user_mode(). Some notes on the interrupt handling in the drivers: (*) input_dev() is now gone entirely. The regs pointer is no longer stored in the input_dev struct. (*) finish_unlinks() in drivers/usb/host/ohci-q.c needs checking. It does something different depending on whether it's been supplied with a regs pointer or not. (*) Various IRQ handler function pointers have been moved to type irq_handler_t. Signed-Off-By: David Howells (cherry picked from 1b16e7ac850969f38b375e511e3fa2f474a33867 commit)

Input: add KEY_BLUETOOTH and KEY_WLAN definitions

2006-09-19T05:59:55+00:00

Some laptops have separate "rfkill" buttons for disabling/enabling Bluetooth and WLAN. Signed-off-by: Lennart Poettering Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: add new BUS_VIRTUAL bus type

2006-09-19T05:59:49+00:00

BUS_VIRTUAL can be used when creating virtual devices using uinput driver. Note that when uinput is used to drive a real piece of hardware "real" bus type (such as BUS_USB, BUS_BLUETOOTH) should be specified. Signed-off-by: Michael Hanselmann Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: make input_register_handler() return error codes

2006-09-14T05:32:39+00:00

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: remove cruft that was needed for transition to sysfs

2006-09-14T05:32:28+00:00

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: constify input core

2006-09-14T05:31:59+00:00

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: update the force feedback documentation

2006-07-19T05:44:22+00:00

Signed-off-by: Anssi Hannula Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: drop remnants of the old force-feedback interface

2006-07-19T05:44:08+00:00

Signed-off-by: Anssi Hannula Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: unified force feedback support for memoryless devices

2006-07-19T05:40:30+00:00

Consolidate core implementing memoryless devices in one module; added support for gain and envelopes and periodic => rumble conversion. Signed-off-by: Anssi Hannula Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov

Input: implement new force feedback interface

2006-07-19T05:40:22+00:00

Implement a new force feedback interface, in which all non-driver-specific operations are separated to a common module. This includes handling effect type validations, locking, etc. The effects are now file descriptor specific instead of the previous strange half-process half-fd specific behaviour. The effect memory of devices is not emptied if the root user opens and closes the device while another user is using effects. This is a minor change and most likely no force feedback aware programs are affected by this negatively. Otherwise the userspace interface is left unaltered. Signed-off-by: Anssi Hannula Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov