On So, 2017-03-26 at 11:53 +0200, Javier Celaya wrote:
> The evdev devices in input-linux.c are read in blocks of one whole
> event. If there are not enough bytes available, they are discarded,
> instead of being kept for the next read operation. This results in
> lost events, of even non-working devices.

Have you seen this happening in practice?

> +    struct input_event event;
> +    int         to_be_read;

I'd suggest to store offset (i.e. bytes already read) instead, should
make the whole logic a bit simpler and easier to read.

> +            } else if (rc > 0){

checkpatch.pl complains here:
ERROR: space required before the open brace '{'

cheers,
  Gerd


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