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| author | Cheng Lingfei <chenglingfei@foxmail.com> | 2026-08-24 20:45:46 +0800 |
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| committer | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2026-08-24 06:55:59 -1000 |
| commit | 909a3f0e9d8b0d8001cf6e99808f88eca8e44328 (patch) | |
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docs: cgroup-v2: fix misc.events key format descriptiongrafted
In misc cgroup, misc.events does not output a simple "max" key. Instead,
each registered misc resource outputs a separate key suffixed with ".max"
(i.e., "<res>.max").
Update the documentation to clarify that the entry key is "<res>.max".
Suggested-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Cheng Lingfei <chenglingfei@foxmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/input/userio.rst b/Documentation/input/userio.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f780c7793 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/input/userio.rst @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + +=================== +The userio Protocol +=================== + + +:Copyright: |copy| 2015 Stephen Chandler Paul <thatslyude@gmail.com> + +Sponsored by Red Hat + + +Introduction +============= + +This module is intended to try to make the lives of input driver developers +easier by allowing them to test various serio devices (mainly the various +touchpads found on laptops) without having to have the physical device in front +of them. userio accomplishes this by allowing any privileged userspace program +to directly interact with the kernel's serio driver and control a virtual serio +port from there. + +Usage overview +============== + +In order to interact with the userio kernel module, one simply opens the +/dev/userio character device in their applications. Commands are sent to the +kernel module by writing to the device, and any data received from the serio +driver is read as-is from the /dev/userio device. All of the structures and +macros you need to interact with the device are defined in <linux/userio.h> and +<linux/serio.h>. + +Command Structure +================= + +The struct used for sending commands to /dev/userio is as follows:: + + struct userio_cmd { + __u8 type; + __u8 data; + }; + +``type`` describes the type of command that is being sent. This can be any one +of the USERIO_CMD macros defined in <linux/userio.h>. ``data`` is the argument +that goes along with the command. In the event that the command doesn't have an +argument, this field can be left untouched and will be ignored by the kernel. +Each command should be sent by writing the struct directly to the character +device. In the event that the command you send is invalid, an error will be +returned by the character device and a more descriptive error will be printed +to the kernel log. Only one command can be sent at a time, any additional data +written to the character device after the initial command will be ignored. + +To close the virtual serio port, just close /dev/userio. + +Commands +======== + +USERIO_CMD_REGISTER +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Registers the port with the serio driver and begins transmitting data back and +forth. Registration can only be performed once a port type is set with +USERIO_CMD_SET_PORT_TYPE. Has no argument. + +USERIO_CMD_SET_PORT_TYPE +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Sets the type of port we're emulating, where ``data`` is the port type being +set. Can be any of the macros from <linux/serio.h>. For example: SERIO_8042 +would set the port type to be a normal PS/2 port. + +USERIO_CMD_SEND_INTERRUPT +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Sends an interrupt through the virtual serio port to the serio driver, where +``data`` is the interrupt data being sent. + +Userspace tools +=============== + +The userio userspace tools are able to record PS/2 devices using some of the +debugging information from i8042, and play back the devices on /dev/userio. The +latest version of these tools can be found at: + + https://github.com/Lyude/ps2emu |
