Hi,
uinput_alloc_device() is supposed to return the number of bytes read,
the value is returned to uinput_write() and from there to userspace. If
EV_ABS is set then it returns the value from uinput_validate_absbits()
instead, which is zero when everything is ok instead of the count.
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <[email protected]>
%patch
Index: 2.6/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.orig/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c 2005-05-25 10:45:56.000000000 +0100
+++ 2.6/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c 2005-05-25 10:47:02.000000000 +0100
@@ -216,9 +216,11 @@
/* check if absmin/absmax/absfuzz/absflat are filled as
* told in Documentation/input/input-programming.txt */
if (test_bit(EV_ABS, dev->evbit)) {
- retval = uinput_validate_absbits(dev);
- if (retval < 0)
+ int err = uinput_validate_absbits(dev);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ retval = err;
kfree(dev->name);
+ }
}
exit:
--
Ian Campbell, Senior Design Engineer
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