The DIX event queue is allocated before InitInput is called, so fetch
the pointer there and not randomly at other times. This avoids failing
to fetch the pointer sometimes during server regen and then smashing
memory through the stale pointer from the previous server generation.

Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <[email protected]>
---
 hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c   |    2 ++
 hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c |    9 ---------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
index c9a05d8..527ede8 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
@@ -1112,6 +1112,8 @@ InitInput(int argc, char **argv)
 
     mieqInit();
 
+    GetEventList(&xf86Events);
+
     /* Call the PreInit function for each input device instance. */
     for (pDev = xf86ConfigLayout.inputs; pDev && *pDev; pDev++) {
         /* Replace obsolete keyboard driver with kbd */
diff --git a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
index 3543811..3adf18a 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Xinput.c
@@ -283,11 +283,6 @@ xf86ProcessCommonOptions(LocalDevicePtr local,
 
     /* Backwards compatibility. */
     local->history_size = GetMotionHistorySize();
-    /* Preallocate xEvent store */
-    if (!xf86Events)
-        GetEventList(&xf86Events);
-    if (!xf86Events)
-        FatalError("Couldn't allocate event store\n");
 }
 
 /***********************************************************************
@@ -769,7 +764,6 @@ xf86PostMotionEventP(DeviceIntPtr   device,
     }
 #endif
 
-    GetEventList(&xf86Events);
     nevents = GetPointerEvents(xf86Events, device, MotionNotify, 0,
                                flags, first_valuator, num_valuators,
                                valuators);
@@ -819,7 +813,6 @@ xf86PostProximityEventP(DeviceIntPtr        device,
 
     XI_VERIFY_VALUATORS(num_valuators);
 
-    GetEventList(&xf86Events);
     nevents = GetProximityEvents(xf86Events, device,
                                  is_in ? ProximityIn : ProximityOut, 
                                  first_valuator, num_valuators, valuators);
@@ -881,7 +874,6 @@ xf86PostButtonEventP(DeviceIntPtr   device,
     }
 #endif
 
-    GetEventList(&xf86Events);
     nevents = GetPointerEvents(xf86Events, device,
                                is_down ? ButtonPress : ButtonRelease, button,
                                flags, first_valuator, num_valuators, 
valuators);
@@ -940,7 +932,6 @@ xf86PostKeyEventP(DeviceIntPtr      device,
     XI_VERIFY_VALUATORS(num_valuators);
 
     if (is_absolute) {
-        GetEventList(&xf86Events);
         nevents = GetKeyboardValuatorEvents(xf86Events, device,
                                             is_down ? KeyPress : KeyRelease,
                                             key_code, first_valuator,
-- 
1.6.3.3

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