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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2026-08-30 09:22:00 -0700 |
| commit | 034dd340b08be1f2f0477ad16131d609f9dbd53c (patch) | |
| tree | 2536f4b2d7893ccd916b5abdf3c454ad6edc03c2 /Documentation/input/devices/appletouch.rst | |
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Merge tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-tracegrafted
Pull tracing fixes from Steven Rostedt:
- Fix error output of boot instance creation failure
Currently if a boot instance creation fails, instead of printing out
the name of the instance that failed, it prints "(null)". That is
because it prints "cur_str" that had already been processed by
strsep(). Print the saved name instead.
While at it, print the error code of the failure.
- Fix use-after-free for same named historgrams
Histograms can be named so that they can be used in multiple events.
But if the named histogram has a variable attached, the second event
that uses the named histogram which duplicates it and needs to free
the original after duplication leaves the old variable in place and
still visible. If another histogram uses than variable, it will use
the stale one which will try to reference the freed duplicate
histogram and crash the kernel.
Free the duplicate variables along with the duplicated histogram
data.
- Check return value of kthread_run() in event self test
The events self tests uses a kthread for testing but does not check
if it succeeded in creating a kthread. If the kthread creation were
to fail, the code will still try to call kthread_stop() on the error
returned.
- Fix race between reading trace_pipe and updating subbuffer size
If a user is reading the trace_pipe file at the same time they update
the ring buffer sub-buffer size, can cause the trace_pipe read to
read stale data. Add trace_access_lock() around updating the ring
buffer sub-buffer size.
- Fix eventfs_inode on failure path in creation of the events directory
In the creation of the "events" directory, if after allocating the
eventfs_inode a failure is detected, it calls cleanup_ei() which
calls free_ei(). The free_ei() will test if eventfs_inode being freed
has no children. It is a bug if it does. But on the failure case of
the creation of the "events" directory, the children lists have not
yet been initialized and the free will trigger a warning because
list_empty() on an uninitialized list returns false.
Move the initialization into init_ei() where it makes more sense and
makes sure that a created eventfs_inode has its lists initialized
upon creation.
- Check return value of kthread_run() in ftrace direct sample code
The sample code that shows how to use the ftrace direct calls does
not test the return of kthread_run() to see if it succeeds. Return a
failure if the kthread_run() doesn't succeed.
- Clear user events state on fork in case of alloc failure
On fork, the child gets a pointer to the parent's user events state.
It makes a copy of it then updates the child's pointer to it. But if
the allocation fails, the duplication function leaves the child with
a pointer to its parent's descriptor. When the child cleans up its
data, it will free the parent's descriptor while the parent is still
using it.
In the duplication function, set the child's user_event_mm to NULL
before testing if the allocation succeeded, and when it exits it will
not free the parent's descriptor.
- Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap
simple_ring_buffer_swap_reader_page() starts with retry set to 8 and
post-decrements it only after a failed link replacement. On the final
attempt, a successful replacement leaves retry at zero, while a
failed replacement leaves it at -1.
But the check for success expects the retry value to be non-zero and
exits with an error on zero. This is the opposite result. Fix it.
- Fail nicely when the remote swap_reader_page() returns an error
Currently, if the swap_reader_page() of a remote buffer fails, it
triggers a WARN_ON_ONCE() and continues normally. Instead, have it
exit with an error and a pr_warn() print instead of a full WARNING.
* tag 'trace-v7.3-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/trace/linux-trace:
ring-buffer: Stop remote reader update when page swap fails
tracing: Fix retry exhaustion in simple ring buffer reader swap
tracing/user_events: Clear copied tracing state before fork duplication
samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-multi-modify
samples/ftrace: Fix kthread_stop() on ERR_PTR in ftrace-direct-modify
eventfs: Initialize ei->children and ei->list in init_ei()
tracing: Fix use-after-free in trace_pipe read on sub-buffer order change
tracing: Fix crash passing ERR_PTR to kthread_stop()
tracing: Fix use-after-free with same-name named triggers
tracing: Fix logged instance name on creation failure
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diff --git a/Documentation/input/devices/appletouch.rst b/Documentation/input/devices/appletouch.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c94470e66 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/input/devices/appletouch.rst @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +---------------------------------- +Apple Touchpad Driver (appletouch) +---------------------------------- + +:Copyright: |copy| 2005 Stelian Pop <stelian@popies.net> + +appletouch is a Linux kernel driver for the USB touchpad found on post +February 2005 and October 2005 Apple Aluminium Powerbooks. + +This driver is derived from Johannes Berg's appletrackpad driver [#f1]_, +but it has been improved in some areas: + + * appletouch is a full kernel driver, no userspace program is necessary + * appletouch can be interfaced with the synaptics X11 driver, in order + to have touchpad acceleration, scrolling, etc. + +Credits go to Johannes Berg for reverse-engineering the touchpad protocol, +Frank Arnold for further improvements, and Alex Harper for some additional +information about the inner workings of the touchpad sensors. Michael +Hanselmann added support for the October 2005 models. + +Usage +----- + +In order to use the touchpad in the basic mode, compile the driver and load +the module. A new input device will be detected and you will be able to read +the mouse data from /dev/input/mice (using gpm, or X11). + +In X11, you can configure the touchpad to use the synaptics X11 driver, which +will give additional functionalities, like acceleration, scrolling, 2 finger +tap for middle button mouse emulation, 3 finger tap for right button mouse +emulation, etc. In order to do this, make sure you're using a recent version of +the synaptics driver (tested with 0.14.2, available from [#f2]_), and configure +a new input device in your X11 configuration file (take a look below for an +example). For additional configuration, see the synaptics driver documentation:: + + Section "InputDevice" + Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" + Driver "synaptics" + Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" + Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" + Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" + Option "LeftEdge" "0" + Option "RightEdge" "850" + Option "TopEdge" "0" + Option "BottomEdge" "645" + Option "MinSpeed" "0.4" + Option "MaxSpeed" "1" + Option "AccelFactor" "0.02" + Option "FingerLow" "0" + Option "FingerHigh" "30" + Option "MaxTapMove" "20" + Option "MaxTapTime" "100" + Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" + Option "VertScrollDelta" "30" + Option "SHMConfig" "on" + EndSection + + Section "ServerLayout" + ... + InputDevice "Mouse" + InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" + ... + EndSection + +Fuzz problems +------------- + +The touchpad sensors are very sensitive to heat, and will generate a lot of +noise when the temperature changes. This is especially true when you power-on +the laptop for the first time. + +The appletouch driver tries to handle this noise and auto adapt itself, but it +is not perfect. If finger movements are not recognized anymore, try reloading +the driver. + +You can activate debugging using the 'debug' module parameter. A value of 0 +deactivates any debugging, 1 activates tracing of invalid samples, 2 activates +full tracing (each sample is being traced):: + + modprobe appletouch debug=1 + +or:: + + echo "1" > /sys/module/appletouch/parameters/debug + + +.. Links: + +.. [#f1] http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/PowerBook/touchpad/ + +.. [#f2] `<http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://web.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/index.html>`_ |
