Patch "Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     input-vmmouse-fix-absolute-device-registration.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From d4f1b06d685d11ebdaccf11c0db1cb3c78736862 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 10:04:49 -0800
Subject: Input: vmmouse - fix absolute device registration

From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>

commit d4f1b06d685d11ebdaccf11c0db1cb3c78736862 upstream.

We should set device's capabilities first, and then register it,
otherwise various handlers already present in the kernel will not be
able to connect to the device.

Reported-by: Lauri Kasanen <cand@gmx.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c |   13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c
@@ -458,8 +458,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse
 	priv->abs_dev = abs_dev;
 	psmouse->private = priv;
 
-	input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL);
-
 	/* Set up and register absolute device */
 	snprintf(priv->phys, sizeof(priv->phys), "%s/input1",
 		 psmouse->ps2dev.serio->phys);
@@ -475,10 +473,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse
 	abs_dev->id.version = psmouse->model;
 	abs_dev->dev.parent = &psmouse->ps2dev.serio->dev;
 
-	error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev);
-	if (error)
-		goto init_fail;
-
 	/* Set absolute device capabilities */
 	input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_LEFT);
 	input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_RIGHT);
@@ -488,6 +482,13 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse
 	input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_X, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_X, 0, 0);
 	input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_Y, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_Y, 0, 0);
 
+	error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev);
+	if (error)
+		goto init_fail;
+
+	/* Add wheel capability to the relative device */
+	input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL);
+
 	psmouse->protocol_handler = vmmouse_process_byte;
 	psmouse->disconnect = vmmouse_disconnect;
 	psmouse->reconnect = vmmouse_reconnect;


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com are

queue-4.4/input-elantech-mark-protocols-v2-and-v3-as-semi-mt.patch
queue-4.4/modules-fix-modparam-async_probe-request.patch
queue-4.4/input-vmmouse-fix-absolute-device-registration.patch
queue-4.4/input-i8042-add-fujitsu-lifebook-u745-to-the-nomux-list.patch