Re: [regression] Touchpad is not working after suspend to RAM since kernel 5.14 (fwd from b.k.o bug 214667)

[Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:

> Hi, this is your Linux kernel regression tracker speaking.
> 
> Forwarding a regression reported by Christian Casteyde (CCed) in
> bugzilla.kernel.org which apparently has fallen through the cracks.
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214667
> 
> A few quotes from comments in the ticket:
> 
> > Since Kernel 5.14 (probably 5.14-rc5 indeed) the touchpad does not
> > work anymore after resume from suspend to RAM. Was working with 5.13
> > kernel.
> > 
> > I've bisected the bug, first bad commit is: 
> > b3e29642548258c7cd2cb3326a776fff84cd6b69 is the first bad commit
> > 
> > SC[33mcommit b3e29642548258c7cd2cb3326a776fff84cd6b69ESC[m Merge:
> > 8f4ef88 498d0dd Author: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> Date:   Wed Jun
> > 30 09:15:15 2021 +0200
> > 
> > Merge branch 'for-5.14/multitouch' into for-linus
> > 
> > - patch series that ensures that hid-multitouch driver disables touch
> > and button-press reporting on hid-mt devices during suspend when the
> > device is not configured as a wakeup-source, from Hans de Goede
> > 
> > Seem to be related with the observed behaviour.
> 
> Yes, that's a merge, but it contains code changes, maybe something went
> wrong there.

CCing Hans, as that merge commit brought his series "disable touch and 
button-press during suspend" series.

It's strange though that bisection points to a merge commit and not a 
commit in that series.

> 
> > Update with kernel 5.15-rc7
> > 
> > Still present. However, I noticed dmesg ouput interesting messages
> > telling there is a transfer from the ELAN touchpad while suspended,
> > it failed to suspend, then failed to resume. The interesting thing is
> > if I try to suspend a second time, at resume the touchpad manages to
> > resume. Appending dmesg output for reference.
> 
> 
> > The problem is still present in 5.16-rc7, but indeed it got worse
> > (and indeed is now critical). a) After the first "suspend" tentative
> > (closing the lid), the laptop doesn't suspend (only the screen is
> > blanked) b) When I reopen the lid, the touchpad stays disabled c)
> > When I try to suspend a second time (closing the lid), the system
> > totally freeze (without any info in dmesg) and I need to reset it
> > totally. I'll open a separate bug report for this one, when bisected,
> > and will try to post it to the suspend maintainer together with the
> > mailing list (I'm not accustomed to mailing lists).
> 
> FWIW, Christian did this here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/256689953.114854578.1640622738334.JavaMail.root@zimbra40-e7.priv.proxad.net/
> 
> > FYI, if I remember well, reverting this single commit fixed the issue
> > and the diff was making sense (try to disable the touchpad before
> > going to sleep to prevent unexpected event from it while
> > suspending... if I understood well the code).
> 
> To be sure this issue doesn't again fall through the cracks unnoticed,
> I'm adding it to regzbot, my Linux kernel regression tracking bot:
> 
> #regzbot introduced b3e29642548258c7cd2cb3326a776fff84cd6b69ESC
> #regzbot title hid: touchpad is not working after suspend to RAM
> #regzbot from: Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@free.fr>
> #regzbot ignore-activity
> 
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> Don't worry, I'll send further messages wrt to this regression just to
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> long as they are intended just for regzbot. With a bit of luck no such
> messages will be needed anyway.
> 
> 
> 
> Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'Linux kernel regression tracker' hat).
> 
> P.S.: As a Linux kernel regression tracker I'm getting a lot of reports
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> therefore I sometimes will get things wrong or miss something important.
> I hope that's not the case here; if you think it is, don't hesitate to
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> what I wrote above might be misleading to everyone reading this; any
> suggestion I gave thus might sent someone reading this down the wrong
> rabbit hole, which none of us wants.
> 
> BTW, I have no personal interest in this issue, which is tracked using
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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs