Re: [PATCH] HP Mobile data protection system driver with interrupt handling

["Dmitry Torokhov" <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On 11/6/06, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:33:31 +0200
> "Burman Yan" <yan_952@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > +
> > +static unsigned int mouse = 0;
>
> The `= 0' is unneeded.
>
> > +module_param(mouse, bool, S_IRUGO);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(mouse, "Enable the input class device on module load");

Does the parameter have to be called "mouse"? I'd rename it to "input"
and drop the work "class" from parameter description.

> > +
> > +     if (input_register_device(mdps.idev)) {
> > +             input_free_device(mdps.idev);
> > +             mdps.idev = NULL;
> > +             return;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     mdps.kthread = kthread_run(mdps_mouse_kthread, NULL, "kmdps");
> > +     if (IS_ERR(mdps.kthread)) {
> > +             input_unregister_device(mdps.idev);
> > +             mdps.idev = NULL;
> > +             return;
> > +     }
> > +

Please consider implementing mdps_input_open() and mdps_input_close()
and create and run the polling thread from there - there is no point
in polling the device if noone listens to its events.

-- 
Dmitry