From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:57340 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754266AbeDIUCO (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Apr 2018 16:02:14 -0400 Subject: Patch "Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before really probing" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree To: dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com, alexander.levin@microsoft.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, linux@roeck-us.net Cc: , From: Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2018 21:58:21 +0200 Message-ID: <152330390119127@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before really probing to the 4.9-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-elan_i2c-check-if-device-is-there-before-really-probing.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let know about it. >>From foo@baz Mon Apr 9 17:09:24 CEST 2018 From: Dmitry Torokhov Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 12:57:49 -0800 Subject: Input: elan_i2c - check if device is there before really probing From: Dmitry Torokhov [ Upstream commit c5928551fd41b2eecdad78fa2be2a4a13ed5fde9 ] Before trying to properly initialize the touchpad and generate bunch of errors, let's first see it there is anything at the given address. If we get error, fail silently with -ENXIO. Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/elan_i2c_core.c @@ -1082,6 +1082,13 @@ static int elan_probe(struct i2c_client return error; } + /* Make sure there is something at this address */ + error = i2c_smbus_read_byte(client); + if (error < 0) { + dev_dbg(&client->dev, "nothing at this address: %d\n", error); + return -ENXIO; + } + /* Initialize the touchpad. */ error = elan_initialize(data); if (error) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com are queue-4.9/input-elantech-force-relative-mode-on-a-certain-module.patch queue-4.9/input-elan_i2c-check-if-device-is-there-before-really-probing.patch queue-4.9/input-goodix-disable-irqs-while-suspended.patch queue-4.9/input-elan_i2c-clear-int-before-resetting-controller.patch