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[v2,1/2] Input: uinput - add UI_GET_VERSION ioctl

Message ID 1403263600-24736-1-git-send-email-dh.herrmann@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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David Herrmann June 20, 2014, 11:26 a.m. UTC 
This ioctl is the counterpart to EVIOCGVERSION and returns the
uinput-version the kernel was compiled with.

Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/input/misc/uinput.c | 6 ++++++
 include/uapi/linux/uinput.h | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
index 615324c..a2a3895 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/uinput.c
@@ -722,6 +722,12 @@  static long uinput_ioctl_handler(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 	}
 
 	switch (cmd) {
+		case UI_GET_VERSION:
+			if (put_user(UINPUT_VERSION,
+				     (unsigned int __user*)p))
+				retval = -EFAULT;
+			goto out;
+
 		case UI_DEV_CREATE:
 			retval = uinput_create_device(udev);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/uinput.h b/include/uapi/linux/uinput.h
index 0389b48..19339cf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/uinput.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/uinput.h
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@  struct uinput_ff_erase {
  */
 #define UI_GET_SYSNAME(len)	_IOC(_IOC_READ, UINPUT_IOCTL_BASE, 300, len)
 
+/**
+ * UI_GET_VERSION - Return uinput version of the kernel
+ *
+ * This writes the kernel's uinput version into the integer pointed to by the
+ * ioctl argument. The uinput-version is hard-coded in the kernel and
+ * independent of the uinput device.
+ */
+#define UI_GET_VERSION _IOR(UINPUT_IOCTL_BASE, 301, unsigned int)
+
 /*
  * To write a force-feedback-capable driver, the upload_effect
  * and erase_effect callbacks in input_dev must be implemented.