diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/input/input.c | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/input.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/input/input.c b/drivers/input/input.c index 3c321671793f..3b1e88ead97e 100644 --- a/drivers/input/input.c +++ b/drivers/input/input.c @@ -605,6 +605,9 @@ int input_open_device(struct input_handle *handle) handle->open++; + if (handle->handler->passive_observer) + goto out; + if (dev->users++ || dev->inhibited) { /* * Device is already opened and/or inhibited, @@ -668,11 +671,13 @@ void input_close_device(struct input_handle *handle) __input_release_device(handle); - if (!--dev->users && !dev->inhibited) { - if (dev->poller) - input_dev_poller_stop(dev->poller); - if (dev->close) - dev->close(dev); + if (!handle->handler->passive_observer) { + if (!--dev->users && !dev->inhibited) { + if (dev->poller) + input_dev_poller_stop(dev->poller); + if (dev->close) + dev->close(dev); + } } if (!--handle->open) { diff --git a/include/linux/input.h b/include/linux/input.h index 89a0be6ee0e2..6437c35f0796 100644 --- a/include/linux/input.h +++ b/include/linux/input.h @@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ struct input_handle; * @start: starts handler for given handle. This function is called by * input core right after connect() method and also when a process * that "grabbed" a device releases it + * @passive_observer: set to %true by drivers only interested in observing + * data stream from devices if there are other users present. Such + * drivers will not result in starting underlying hardware device + * when input_open_device() is called for their handles * @legacy_minors: set to %true by drivers using legacy minor ranges * @minor: beginning of range of 32 legacy minors for devices this driver * can provide @@ -321,6 +325,7 @@ struct input_handler { void (*disconnect)(struct input_handle *handle); void (*start)(struct input_handle *handle); + bool passive_observer; bool legacy_minors; int minor; const char *name; |