Re: [PATCH]input: Change timer function to workqueue for gpio_keys driver

[Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com>]

On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 15:06 +0200, ext Alek Du wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:29:25 +0800
> Jani Nikula <ext-jani.1.nikula@nokia.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Trilok Soni<soni.trilok@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>  static irqreturn_t gpio_keys_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > >>  {
> > >>        struct gpio_button_data *bdata = dev_id;
> > >> @@ -62,10 +61,10 @@ static irqreturn_t gpio_keys_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > >>        BUG_ON(irq != gpio_to_irq(button->gpio));
> > >>
> > >>        if (button->debounce_interval)
> > >> -               mod_timer(&bdata->timer,
> > >> -                       jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(button->debounce_interval));
> > >> +               schedule_delayed_work(&bdata->work,
> > >> +                       msecs_to_jiffies(button->debounce_interval));
> > >>        else
> > >> -               gpio_keys_report_event(bdata);
> > >> +               schedule_work(&bdata->work.work);
> > >>
> > >>        return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > >>  }
> > 
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I can tell,
> > schedule_delayed_work doesn't modify the timer if the work was already
> > pending. The result is not the same as with the timer. This breaks the
> > debouncing.
> 
> No. The workqueue is per button, if the work is already pending, then last
> key press is not handled yet. That keeps the debouncing. Why you want the second
> key press to break the first one? The second key press should be ignored, that's
> the meaning of debouncing right?

No, debouncing is supposed to let the gpio line stabilize to either
state before doing *anything*. You only want to schedule the work (and
send the input event) once the line has been in the same state for
debounce_interval ms. This is what the original code did, by kicking the
timer further at each state change.

> > It looks like a slightly modified version of this patch has already
> > been committed [1], but it has the same problem.
> > 
> > [1] 0b346838c5862bfe911432956a106d602535d030 Input: gpio-keys - change
> > timer to workqueue
> 
> Yes, the patch is already in Linus tree.

IMHO it should be either fixed or reverted.


BR,
Jani.