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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2007-10-19 10:39:12 +0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-10-19 22:53:33 +0400
commit41ab4396e19fba338baf28044d3e48385744b930 (patch)
treeb817fc991bfef4b3d84e76f4793e1483ed4d4238
parentc18479fe017b9d3b65b7682f2b9e711389441186 (diff)
downloadlinux-41ab4396e19fba338baf28044d3e48385744b930.tar.xz
Console keyboard events and accessibility
Some blind people use a kernel engine called Speakup which uses hardware synthesis to speak what gets displayed on the screen. They use the PC keyboard to control this engine (start/stop, accelerate, ...) and also need to get keyboard feedback (to make sure to know what they are typing, the caps lock status, etc.) Up to now, the way it was done was very ugly. Below is a patch to add a notifier list for permitting a far better implementation, see ChangeLog above for details. You may wonder why this can't be done at the input layer. The problem is that what people want to monitor is the console keyboard, i.e. all input keyboards that got attached to the console, and with the currently active keymap (i.e. keysyms, not only keycodes). This adds a keyboard notifier that such modules can use to get the keyboard events and possibly eat them, at several stages: - keycodes: even before translation into keysym. - unbound keycodes: when no keysym is bound. - unicode: when the keycode would get translated into a unicode character. - keysym: when the keycode would get translated into a keysym. - post_keysym: after the keysym got interpreted, so as to see the result (caps lock, etc.) This also provides access to k_handler so as to permit simulation of keypresses. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: various fixes] Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/keyboard.c42
-rw-r--r--include/linux/keyboard.h11
-rw-r--r--include/linux/notifier.h9
3 files changed, 56 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/keyboard.c b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
index 212276affa1f..d54f4a3ae340 100644
--- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c
+++ b/drivers/char/keyboard.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#include <linux/sysrq.h>
#include <linux/input.h>
#include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
extern void ctrl_alt_del(void);
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ void compute_shiftstate(void);
typedef void (k_handler_fn)(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned char value,
char up_flag);
static k_handler_fn K_HANDLERS;
-static k_handler_fn *k_handler[16] = { K_HANDLERS };
+k_handler_fn *k_handler[16] = { K_HANDLERS };
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(k_handler);
#define FN_HANDLERS\
fn_null, fn_enter, fn_show_ptregs, fn_show_mem,\
@@ -160,6 +162,23 @@ static int sysrq_alt_use;
static int sysrq_alt;
/*
+ * Notifier list for console keyboard events
+ */
+static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(keyboard_notifier_list);
+
+int register_keyboard_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+ return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&keyboard_notifier_list, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_keyboard_notifier);
+
+int unregister_keyboard_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+ return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&keyboard_notifier_list, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_keyboard_notifier);
+
+/*
* Translation of scancodes to keycodes. We set them on only the first
* keyboard in the list that accepts the scancode and keycode.
* Explanation for not choosing the first attached keyboard anymore:
@@ -1130,6 +1149,7 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int keycode, int down, int hw_raw)
unsigned char type, raw_mode;
struct tty_struct *tty;
int shift_final;
+ struct keyboard_notifier_param param = { .vc = vc, .value = keycode, .down = down };
tty = vc->vc_tty;
@@ -1217,10 +1237,11 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int keycode, int down, int hw_raw)
return;
}
- shift_final = (shift_state | kbd->slockstate) ^ kbd->lockstate;
+ param.shift = shift_final = (shift_state | kbd->slockstate) ^ kbd->lockstate;
key_map = key_maps[shift_final];
- if (!key_map) {
+ if (atomic_notifier_call_chain(&keyboard_notifier_list, KBD_KEYCODE, &param) == NOTIFY_STOP || !key_map) {
+ atomic_notifier_call_chain(&keyboard_notifier_list, KBD_UNBOUND_KEYCODE, &param);
compute_shiftstate();
kbd->slockstate = 0;
return;
@@ -1237,6 +1258,9 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int keycode, int down, int hw_raw)
type = KTYP(keysym);
if (type < 0xf0) {
+ param.value = keysym;
+ if (atomic_notifier_call_chain(&keyboard_notifier_list, KBD_UNICODE, &param) == NOTIFY_STOP)
+ return;
if (down && !raw_mode)
to_utf8(vc, keysym);
return;
@@ -1244,9 +1268,6 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int keycode, int down, int hw_raw)
type -= 0xf0;
- if (raw_mode && type != KT_SPEC && type != KT_SHIFT)
- return;
-
if (type == KT_LETTER) {
type = KT_LATIN;
if (vc_kbd_led(kbd, VC_CAPSLOCK)) {
@@ -1255,9 +1276,18 @@ static void kbd_keycode(unsigned int keycode, int down, int hw_raw)
keysym = key_map[keycode];
}
}
+ param.value = keysym;
+
+ if (atomic_notifier_call_chain(&keyboard_notifier_list, KBD_KEYSYM, &param) == NOTIFY_STOP)
+ return;
+
+ if (raw_mode && type != KT_SPEC && type != KT_SHIFT)
+ return;
(*k_handler[type])(vc, keysym & 0xff, !down);
+ atomic_notifier_call_chain(&keyboard_notifier_list, KBD_POST_KEYSYM, &param);
+
if (type != KT_SLOCK)
kbd->slockstate = 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/keyboard.h b/include/linux/keyboard.h
index 33b5c2e325b9..65c2d70853e9 100644
--- a/include/linux/keyboard.h
+++ b/include/linux/keyboard.h
@@ -23,10 +23,21 @@
#define MAX_NR_OF_USER_KEYMAPS 256 /* should be at least 7 */
#ifdef __KERNEL__
+struct notifier_block;
extern const int NR_TYPES;
extern const int max_vals[];
extern unsigned short *key_maps[MAX_NR_KEYMAPS];
extern unsigned short plain_map[NR_KEYS];
+
+struct keyboard_notifier_param {
+ struct vc_data *vc; /* VC on which the keyboard press was done */
+ int down; /* Pressure of the key? */
+ int shift; /* Current shift mask */
+ unsigned int value; /* keycode, unicode value or keysym */
+};
+
+extern int register_keyboard_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+extern int unregister_keyboard_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
#endif
#define MAX_NR_FUNC 256 /* max nr of strings assigned to keys */
diff --git a/include/linux/notifier.h b/include/linux/notifier.h
index fad7ff17e468..bd3788084fa9 100644
--- a/include/linux/notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/notifier.h
@@ -231,5 +231,14 @@ static inline int notifier_to_errno(int ret)
#define PM_SUSPEND_PREPARE 0x0003 /* Going to suspend the system */
#define PM_POST_SUSPEND 0x0004 /* Suspend finished */
+/* Console keyboard events.
+ * Note: KBD_KEYCODE is always sent before KBD_UNBOUND_KEYCODE, KBD_UNICODE and
+ * KBD_KEYSYM. */
+#define KBD_KEYCODE 0x0001 /* Keyboard keycode, called before any other */
+#define KBD_UNBOUND_KEYCODE 0x0002 /* Keyboard keycode which is not bound to any other */
+#define KBD_UNICODE 0x0003 /* Keyboard unicode */
+#define KBD_KEYSYM 0x0004 /* Keyboard keysym */
+#define KBD_POST_KEYSYM 0x0005 /* Called after keyboard keysym interpretation */
+
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif /* _LINUX_NOTIFIER_H */