4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]> commit d4f1b06d685d11ebdaccf11c0db1cb3c78736862 upstream. We should set device's capabilities first, and then register it, otherwise various handlers already present in the kernel will not be able to connect to the device. Reported-by: Lauri Kasanen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/vmmouse.c @@ -458,8 +458,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse priv->abs_dev = abs_dev; psmouse->private = priv; - input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL); - /* Set up and register absolute device */ snprintf(priv->phys, sizeof(priv->phys), "%s/input1", psmouse->ps2dev.serio->phys); @@ -475,10 +473,6 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse abs_dev->id.version = psmouse->model; abs_dev->dev.parent = &psmouse->ps2dev.serio->dev; - error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev); - if (error) - goto init_fail; - /* Set absolute device capabilities */ input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_LEFT); input_set_capability(abs_dev, EV_KEY, BTN_RIGHT); @@ -488,6 +482,13 @@ int vmmouse_init(struct psmouse *psmouse input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_X, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_X, 0, 0); input_set_abs_params(abs_dev, ABS_Y, 0, VMMOUSE_MAX_Y, 0, 0); + error = input_register_device(priv->abs_dev); + if (error) + goto init_fail; + + /* Add wheel capability to the relative device */ + input_set_capability(rel_dev, EV_REL, REL_WHEEL); + psmouse->protocol_handler = vmmouse_process_byte; psmouse->disconnect = vmmouse_disconnect; psmouse->reconnect = vmmouse_reconnect;

