On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 02:09:06PM +0200, Benjamin Tissoires wrote:
> From: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
> 
> According to Microsoft specification [1] for Precision Touchpads (and
> Touchscreens) the devices use "confidence" reports to signal accidental
> touches, or contacts that are "too large to be a finger". Instead of
> simply marking contact inactive in this case (which causes issues if
> contact was originally proper and we lost confidence in it later, as
> this results in accidental clicks, drags, etc), let's report such
> contacts as MT_TOOL_PALM and let userspace decide what to do.
> Additionally, let's report contact size for such touches as maximum
> allowed for major/minor, which should help userspace that is not yet
> aware of MT_TOOL_PALM to still perform palm rejection.

tbh. I have a queasy feeling about this last bit. MT_TOOL_PALM has shown to
not be reliable on some devices (X1 Carbon 6th) and we mask it out on those.
Changing the major/minor means it's impossible to rely on the touch size for
palm detection once a device supports MT_TOOL_PALM.

Cheers,
   Peter

> 
> [1] 
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/component-guidelines/touchpad-windows-precision-touchpad-collection
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>
> [splitted and rebased]
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Tissoires <[email protected]>
> 
> ---
> 
> changes in v2:
> - dropped the delayed release in case of palm detection. This is
>   a FW bug for PTP devices, and should only happen with touchscreens
> - move input_set_abs_params(hi->input, ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE,...) into
>   its own test so other devices can add MT_QUIRK_CONFIDENCE to their
>   quirks.
> 
> no changes in v3
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
> index a4a274ebfbef..36c8b67bb032 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
> @@ -736,6 +736,13 @@ static int mt_touch_input_mapping(struct hid_device 
> *hdev, struct hid_input *hi,
>                               cls->name == MT_CLS_WIN_8_DUAL) &&
>                               field->application == HID_DG_TOUCHPAD)
>                               app->quirks |= MT_QUIRK_CONFIDENCE;
> +
> +                     if (app->quirks & MT_QUIRK_CONFIDENCE)
> +                             input_set_abs_params(hi->input,
> +                                                  ABS_MT_TOOL_TYPE,
> +                                                  MT_TOOL_FINGER,
> +                                                  MT_TOOL_PALM, 0, 0);
> +
>                       MT_STORE_FIELD(confidence_state);
>                       return 1;
>               case HID_DG_TIPSWITCH:
> @@ -958,10 +965,12 @@ static int mt_process_slot(struct mt_device *td, struct 
> input_dev *input,
>       if (quirks & MT_QUIRK_HOVERING)
>               inrange_state = *slot->inrange_state;
>  
> -     active = (*slot->tip_state || inrange_state) && confidence_state;
> +     active = *slot->tip_state || inrange_state;
>  
>       if (app->application == HID_GD_SYSTEM_MULTIAXIS)
>               tool = MT_TOOL_DIAL;
> +     else if (unlikely(!confidence_state))
> +             tool = MT_TOOL_PALM;
>  
>       input_mt_slot(input, slotnum);
>       input_mt_report_slot_state(input, tool, active);
> @@ -993,11 +1002,20 @@ static int mt_process_slot(struct mt_device *td, 
> struct input_dev *input,
>                       orientation = -azimuth;
>               }
>  
> -             /*
> -              * divided by two to match visual scale of touch
> -              * for devices with this quirk
> -              */
> -             if (quirks & MT_QUIRK_TOUCH_SIZE_SCALING) {
> +             if (unlikely(!confidence_state)) {
> +                     /*
> +                      * When reporting palm, set contact to maximum
> +                      * size to help userspace that does not
> +                      * recognize MT_TOOL_PALM to reject contacts
> +                      * that are too large.
> +                      */
> +                     major = input_abs_get_max(input, ABS_MT_TOUCH_MAJOR);
> +                     minor = input_abs_get_max(input, ABS_MT_TOUCH_MINOR);
> +             } else if (quirks & MT_QUIRK_TOUCH_SIZE_SCALING) {
> +                     /*
> +                      * divided by two to match visual scale of touch
> +                      * for devices with this quirk
> +                      */
>                       major = major >> 1;
>                       minor = minor >> 1;
>               }
> -- 
> 2.14.3
> 

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