Re: [PATCH] Call input_set_timestamp for events injected using uinput

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 12:52:43PM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 11:38:36AM -0700, Siarhei Vishniakou wrote:
> > Thanks Biswarup!
> 
> Please avoid top posting.
> 
> > 
> > Just to add a bit of context: we were concerned with  breaking the
> > existing uinput usages where the caller might be setting an incorrect
> > value (since previously, that had no effect).
> > So the 10 second guard was added to fall back to the default behaviour
> > for those devices.
> 
> What is the benefit of sending this in uinput? It is not much close
> to the exact time the hardware generated the event than the timestamp
> generated in the input core, so I do not see why it is needed in uinput.

Ah, sorry, my apologies, I mis-parsed the code.

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Dmitry