Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tegra-kbc - add ghost key filter.

["Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@euromail.se>]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 03:10:15PM -0700, riyer@nvidia.com wrote:
> From: Rakesh Iyer <riyer@nvidia.com>
> 
> Add ghost key filtering support for the Nvidia Tegra matrix keyboard.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rakesh Iyer <riyer@nvidia.com>
> ---
> v2: Incorporated Henrik Rydberg's suggestions.
> v1: Do not report keypresses when matrix keyboard encounters key ghosting.
> 
>  arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/kbc.h |    1 +
>  drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c     |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/kbc.h b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/kbc.h
> index 04c7798..bd99744 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/kbc.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/include/mach/kbc.h
> @@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ struct tegra_kbc_platform_data {
>  
>  	bool wakeup;
>  	bool use_fn_map;
> +	bool use_ghost_filter;
>  };
>  #endif
> diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
> index 99ce903..56f6668 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/tegra-kbc.c
> @@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct tegra_kbc {
>  	unsigned int repoll_dly;
>  	unsigned long cp_dly_jiffies;
>  	bool use_fn_map;
> +	bool use_ghost_filter;
>  	const struct tegra_kbc_platform_data *pdata;
>  	unsigned short keycode[KBC_MAX_KEY * 2];
>  	unsigned short current_keys[KBC_MAX_KPENT];
> @@ -260,6 +261,8 @@ static void tegra_kbc_report_keys(struct tegra_kbc *kbc)
>  	unsigned int num_down = 0;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	bool fn_keypress = false;
> +	bool key_in_same_row = false;
> +	bool key_in_same_col = false;
>  
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&kbc->lock, flags);
>  	for (i = 0; i < KBC_MAX_KPENT; i++) {
> @@ -285,6 +288,34 @@ static void tegra_kbc_report_keys(struct tegra_kbc *kbc)
>  	}
>  
>  	/*
> +	 * Matrix keyboard designs are prone to keyboard ghosting.
> +	 * Ghosting occurs if there are 3 keys such that -
> +	 * any 2 of the 3 keys share a row, and any 2 of them share a column.
> +	 * If so ignore the keypresses for this iteration.
> +	 */
> +	if ((kbc->use_ghost_filter) && (num_down >= 3)) {
> +		for (i = 0; i < num_down; i++) {
> +			unsigned int j;
> +			u8 curr_col = scancodes[i] & 0x07;
> +			u8 curr_row = scancodes[i] >> KBC_ROW_SHIFT;
> +
> +			/*
> +			 * Find 2 keys such that one key is in the same row
> +			 * and the other is in the same column as the i-th key.
> +			 */
> +			for (j = i + 1; j < num_down; j++) {
> +				u8 col = scancodes[j] & 0x07;
> +				u8 row = scancodes[j] >> KBC_ROW_SHIFT;
> +
> +				if (col == curr_col)
> +					key_in_same_col = true;
> +				if (row == curr_row)
> +					key_in_same_row = true;
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * If the platform uses Fn keymaps, translate keys on a Fn keypress.
>  	 * Function keycodes are KBC_MAX_KEY apart from the plain keycodes.
>  	 */
> @@ -297,6 +328,10 @@ static void tegra_kbc_report_keys(struct tegra_kbc *kbc)
>  
>  	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&kbc->lock, flags);
>  
> +	/* Ignore the keypresses for this iteration? */
> +	if (key_in_same_col && key_in_same_row)
> +		return;
> +
>  	tegra_kbc_report_released_keys(kbc->idev,
>  				       kbc->current_keys, kbc->num_pressed_keys,
>  				       keycodes, num_down);
> @@ -652,6 +687,7 @@ static int __devinit tegra_kbc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		input_dev->keycodemax *= 2;
>  
>  	kbc->use_fn_map = pdata->use_fn_map;
> +	kbc->use_ghost_filter = pdata->use_ghost_filter;
>  	keymap_data = pdata->keymap_data ?: &tegra_kbc_default_keymap_data;
>  	matrix_keypad_build_keymap(keymap_data, KBC_ROW_SHIFT,
>  				   input_dev->keycode, input_dev->keybit);
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 

Reviewed-by: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@euromail.se>

Thanks,
Henrik