input子系统二：输入设备的注册之路

input子系统二：输入设备的注册之路

在上一节中我们学会了怎么写一个符合输入子系统框架的驱动，但是这个框架是如何为我们服务的？我们的注册函数和上报事件的函数是如何运作的？从这一节开始我们就来探究输入设备的注册之路

/**
 * input_register_device - register device with input core
 * @dev: device to be registered
 *
 * This function registers device with input core. The device must be
 * allocated with input_allocate_device() and all it's capabilities
 * set up before registering.
 * If function fails the device must be freed with input_free_device().
 * Once device has been successfully registered it can be unregistered
 * with input_unregister_device(); input_free_device() should not be
 * called in this case.
 *
 * Note that this function is also used to register managed input devices
 * (ones allocated with devm_input_allocate_device()). Such managed input
 * devices need not be explicitly unregistered or freed, their tear down
 * is controlled by the devres infrastructure. It is also worth noting
 * that tear down of managed input devices is internally a 2-step process:
 * registered managed input device is first unregistered, but stays in
 * memory and can still handle input_event() calls (although events will
 * not be delivered anywhere). The freeing of managed input device will
 * happen later, when devres stack is unwound to the point where device
 * allocation was made.
 */
int input_register_device(struct input_dev *dev)
{
   
	struct input_devres *devres = NULL;
	struct input_handler *handler;
	unsigned int packet_size;
	const char *path;
	int error;

	if (test_bit(EV_ABS, dev->evbit) && !dev->absinfo) {
   
		dev_err(&dev->dev,
			"Absolute device without dev->absinfo, refusing to register\n");
		return -EINVAL;
	}

	if (dev->devres_managed) {
   
		devres = devres_alloc(devm_input_device_unregister,
				      sizeof(*devres), GFP_KERNEL);
		if (!devres)
			return -ENOMEM;

		devres->input = dev;
	}

	/* Every input device generates EV_SYN/SYN_REPORT events. */
	__set_bit(EV_SYN, dev->evbit); /* 通用的同步类事件，所有的事件在上报完毕后都要上报一个同步类事件 */

	/* KEY_RESERVED is not supposed to be transmitted to userspace. */
	__clear_bit(KEY_RESERVED, dev->keybit);

	/* Make sure that bitmasks not mentioned in dev->evbit are clean. */
	input_cleanse_bitmasks(dev);

	packet_size = input_estimate_events_per_packet(dev);
	if (