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From: "Tomasz Pakuła" <tomasz.pakula.oficjalny@gmail.com>
To: dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, corbet@lwn.net, jikos@kernel.org,
	bentiss@kernel.org
Cc: linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, vi@endrift.com,
	linux-kernel@altimeter.info, peter.hutterer@who-t.net
Subject: [RFC PATCH 6/6] Input: Add EVIOCGBTNCNT
Date: Sun,  4 Jan 2026 22:31:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260104213132.163904-7-tomasz.pakula.oficjalny@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260104213132.163904-1-tomasz.pakula.oficjalny@gmail.com>

Allow userspace to get the button count of input
devices. currently only used for Joysticks which
includes Simracing and Simflight hardware. Such
devices are always defined as generic joysticks.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Pakuła <tomasz.pakula.oficjalny@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/input/evdev.c      | 5 +++++
 include/uapi/linux/input.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index 90ff6be85cf4..b90dc035c0b3 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -1134,6 +1134,11 @@ static long evdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 
 	case EVIOCSKEYCODE_V2:
 		return evdev_handle_set_keycode_v2(dev, p);
+
+	case EVIOCGBTNCNT:
+		if (copy_to_user(p, &dev->button_count, sizeof(unsigned int)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	size = _IOC_SIZE(cmd);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/input.h b/include/uapi/linux/input.h
index 6aa703fcfcfb..3d1b17ebcdfc 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/input.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/input.h
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ struct input_mask {
 #define EVIOCGLED(len)		_IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x19, len)		/* get all LEDs */
 #define EVIOCGSND(len)		_IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x1a, len)		/* get all sounds status */
 #define EVIOCGSW(len)		_IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x1b, len)		/* get all switch states */
+#define EVIOCGBTNCNT		_IOR('E', 0x1c, unsigned int)		/* get button count */
 
 #define EVIOCGBIT(ev,len)	_IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x20 + (ev), len)	/* get event bits */
 #define EVIOCGABS(abs)		_IOR('E', 0x40 + (abs), struct input_absinfo)	/* get abs value/limits */
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-04 21:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-04 21:31 [RFC PATCH 0/6] Input: New EV_BTN event for generic buttons Tomasz Pakuła
2026-01-04 21:31 ` [RFC PATCH 1/6] Input: Introduce " Tomasz Pakuła
2026-01-04 22:30   ` Randy Dunlap
2026-01-04 21:31 ` [RFC PATCH 2/6] Input: Add info about EV_BTN Tomasz Pakuła
2026-01-04 21:31 ` [RFC PATCH 3/6] Input: Fire EV_BTN if found in ev_bit Tomasz Pakuła
2026-01-08 10:48   ` Benjamin Tissoires
2026-01-04 21:31 ` [RFC PATCH 4/6] Input: Assign EV_BTN event to HID Joysticks Tomasz Pakuła
2026-01-08 10:50   ` Benjamin Tissoires
2026-01-04 21:31 ` [RFC PATCH 5/6] Input: Realign rest of the HID_UP_BUTTON cases Tomasz Pakuła
2026-01-04 21:31 ` Tomasz Pakuła [this message]
2026-01-07  5:44 ` [RFC PATCH 0/6] Input: New EV_BTN event for generic buttons Ivan Gorinov
2026-01-08  3:24 ` Peter Hutterer

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