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HID: playstation: Center initial joystick axes to prevent spurious events
When a new PlayStation gamepad (DualShock 4 or DualSense) is initialized, the input subsystem sets the default value for its absolute axes (e.g., ABS_X, ABS_Y) to 0. However, the hardware's actual neutral/resting state for these joysticks is 128 (0x80). This creates a mismatch. When the first HID report arrives from the device, the driver sees the resting value of 128. The kernel compares this to its initial state of 0 and incorrectly interprets this as a delta (0 -> 128). Consequently, it generates EV_ABS events for this initial, non-existent movement. This behavior can fail userspace 'sanity check' tests (e.g., in Android CTS) that correctly assert no motion events should be generated from a device that is already at rest. This patch fixes the issue by explicitly setting the initial value of the main joystick axes (e.g., ABS_X, ABS_Y, ABS_RX, ABS_RY) to 128 (0x80) in the common ps_gamepad_create() function. This aligns the kernel's initial state with the hardware's expected neutral state, ensuring that the first report (at 128) produces no delta and thus, no spurious event. Signed-off-by:Siarhei Vishniakou <svv@google.com> Reviewed-by:
Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org> Signed-off-by:
Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@kernel.org>