On Tue, 9 Dec 2025, Antheas Kapenekakis wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 at 18:11, Ilpo Järvinen
> <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 22 Nov 2025, Antheas Kapenekakis wrote:
> >
> > > ROG NKEY devices have multiple HID endpoints, around 3-4. One of those
> > > endpoints has a usage page of 0xff31, and is the one that emits keyboard
> > > shortcuts and controls RGB/backlight. Currently, this driver places
> > > the usage page check under asus_input_mapping and then inits backlight
> > > in asus_input_configured which is unnecessarily complicated and prevents
> > > probe from performing customizations on the vendor endpoint.
> > >
> > > Simplify the logic by introducing an is_vendor variable into probe that
> > > checks for usage page 0xff31. Then, use this variable to move backlight
> > > initialization into probe instead of asus_input_configured, and remove
> > > the backlight check from asus_input_mapping.
> >
> > In the changelogs, please add () after any name that refers to a C
> > function so the reader immediately knows you're talking about a function.
> 
> Sure. What should be my timeline for fixing this?
> 
> I assume we missed the merge window. If not, I can tweak the series
> and send it later today

This is 6.20 material so no big hurry.

--
 i.

> > > Signed-off-by: Antheas Kapenekakis <lkml@antheas.dev>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/hid/hid-asus.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> > >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> > > index 2a412e10f916..faac971794c0 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-asus.c
> > > @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Asus HID Keyboard and TouchPad");
> > >  #define T100CHI_MOUSE_REPORT_ID 0x06
> > >  #define FEATURE_REPORT_ID 0x0d
> > >  #define INPUT_REPORT_ID 0x5d
> > > +#define HID_USAGE_PAGE_VENDOR 0xff310000
> > >  #define FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_ID 0x5a
> > >  #define FEATURE_KBD_REPORT_SIZE 64
> > >  #define FEATURE_KBD_LED_REPORT_ID1 0x5d
> > > @@ -127,7 +128,6 @@ struct asus_drvdata {
> > >       struct input_dev *tp_kbd_input;
> > >       struct asus_kbd_leds *kbd_backlight;
> > >       const struct asus_touchpad_info *tp;
> > > -     bool enable_backlight;
> > >       struct power_supply *battery;
> > >       struct power_supply_desc battery_desc;
> > >       int battery_capacity;
> > > @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int asus_e1239t_event(struct asus_drvdata *drvdat, u8 *data, int size)
> > >  static int asus_event(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_field *field,
> > >                     struct hid_usage *usage, __s32 value)
> > >  {
> > > -     if ((usage->hid & HID_USAGE_PAGE) == 0xff310000 &&
> > > +     if ((usage->hid & HID_USAGE_PAGE) == HID_USAGE_PAGE_VENDOR &&
> > >           (usage->hid & HID_USAGE) != 0x00 &&
> > >           (usage->hid & HID_USAGE) != 0xff && !usage->type) {
> > >               hid_warn(hdev, "Unmapped Asus vendor usagepage code 0x%02x\n",
> > > @@ -941,11 +941,6 @@ static int asus_input_configured(struct hid_device *hdev, struct hid_input *hi)
> > >
> > >       drvdata->input = input;
> > >
> > > -     if (drvdata->enable_backlight &&
> > > -         !asus_kbd_wmi_led_control_present(hdev) &&
> > > -         asus_kbd_register_leds(hdev))
> > > -             hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to initialize backlight.\n");
> > > -
> > >       return 0;
> > >  }
> > >
> > > @@ -1018,15 +1013,6 @@ static int asus_input_mapping(struct hid_device *hdev,
> > >                       return -1;
> > >               }
> > >
> > > -             /*
> > > -              * Check and enable backlight only on devices with UsagePage ==
> > > -              * 0xff31 to avoid initializing the keyboard firmware multiple
> > > -              * times on devices with multiple HID descriptors but same
> > > -              * PID/VID.
> > > -              */
> > > -             if (drvdata->quirks & QUIRK_USE_KBD_BACKLIGHT)
> > > -                     drvdata->enable_backlight = true;
> > > -
> > >               set_bit(EV_REP, hi->input->evbit);
> > >               return 1;
> > >       }
> > > @@ -1143,8 +1129,11 @@ static int __maybe_unused asus_reset_resume(struct hid_device *hdev)
> > >
> > >  static int asus_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
> > >  {
> > > -     int ret;
> > > +     struct hid_report_enum *rep_enum;
> > >       struct asus_drvdata *drvdata;
> > > +     struct hid_report *rep;
> > > +     bool is_vendor = false;
> > > +     int ret;
> > >
> > >       drvdata = devm_kzalloc(&hdev->dev, sizeof(*drvdata), GFP_KERNEL);
> > >       if (drvdata == NULL) {
> > > @@ -1228,12 +1217,24 @@ static int asus_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
> > >               return ret;
> > >       }
> > >
> > > +     /* Check for vendor for RGB init and handle generic devices properly. */
> > > +     rep_enum = &hdev->report_enum[HID_INPUT_REPORT];
> > > +     list_for_each_entry(rep, &rep_enum->report_list, list) {
> > > +             if ((rep->application & HID_USAGE_PAGE) == HID_USAGE_PAGE_VENDOR)
> > > +                     is_vendor = true;
> > > +     }
> > > +
> > >       ret = hid_hw_start(hdev, HID_CONNECT_DEFAULT);
> > >       if (ret) {
> > >               hid_err(hdev, "Asus hw start failed: %d\n", ret);
> > >               return ret;
> > >       }
> > >
> > > +     if (is_vendor && (drvdata->quirks & QUIRK_USE_KBD_BACKLIGHT) &&
> > > +         !asus_kbd_wmi_led_control_present(hdev) &&
> > > +         asus_kbd_register_leds(hdev))
> > > +             hid_warn(hdev, "Failed to initialize backlight.\n");
> > > +
> > >       /*
> > >        * Check that input registration succeeded. Checking that
> > >        * HID_CLAIMED_INPUT is set prevents a UAF when all input devices
> > >
> >
> > --
> >  i.
> >
> >
>