Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] Input: Don't send fake button presses to wake system

[Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>]

Hi Mario,

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 06:33:08AM -0500, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/26/25 3:35 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
> > Hi Mario,
> > 
> > On 25-Jun-25 23:58, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > > From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
> > > 
> > > Sending an input event to wake a system does wake it, but userspace picks
> > > up the keypress and processes it.  This isn't the intended behavior as it
> > > causes a suspended system to wake up and then potentially turn off if
> > > userspace is configured to turn off on power button presses.
> > > 
> > > Instead send a PM wakeup event for the PM core to handle waking the system.
> > > 
> > > Cc: Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>
> > > Fixes: 0f107573da417 ("Input: gpio_keys - handle the missing key press event in resume phase")
> > > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c | 7 +------
> > >   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > > index 773aa5294d269..4c6876b099c43 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/gpio_keys.c
> > > @@ -420,12 +420,7 @@ static irqreturn_t gpio_keys_gpio_isr(int irq, void *dev_id)
> > >   		pm_stay_awake(bdata->input->dev.parent);
> > >   		if (bdata->suspended  &&
> > >   		    (button->type == 0 || button->type == EV_KEY)) {
> > > -			/*
> > > -			 * Simulate wakeup key press in case the key has
> > > -			 * already released by the time we got interrupt
> > > -			 * handler to run.
> > > -			 */
> > > -			input_report_key(bdata->input, button->code, 1);
> > > +			pm_wakeup_event(bdata->input->dev.parent, 0);
> > >   		}
> > >   	}
> > 
> > Hmm, we have the same problem on many Bay Trail / Cherry Trail
> > windows 8 / win10 tablets, so  this has been discussed before and e.g.
> > Android userspace actually needs the button-press (evdev) event to not
> > immediately go back to sleep, so a similar patch has been nacked in
> > the past.
> > 
> > At least for GNOME this has been fixed in userspace by ignoring
> > power-button events the first few seconds after a resume from suspend.
> > 
> 
> The default behavior for logind is:
> 
> HandlePowerKey=poweroff

Right note poweroff not suspend, GNOME inhibits logind's power-button
handling and substitutes its own handling which is done by gsd-media-keys.

> Can you share more about what version of GNOME has a workaround?
> This was actually GNOME (on Ubuntu 24.04) that I found this issue.

See:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/-/blob/main/plugins/media-keys/gsd-media-keys-manager.c?ref_type=heads#L94

and the code in that file using that define.

Regards,

Hans