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-rw-r--r--drivers/input/evdev.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c
index 30836c05edd7..cd323254ca6f 100644
--- a/drivers/input/evdev.c
+++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ static void evdev_pass_event(struct evdev_client *client,
struct input_event *event)
{
/*
- * Interrupts are disabled, just acquire the lock
+ * Interrupts are disabled, just acquire the lock.
+ * Make sure we don't leave with the client buffer
+ * "empty" by having client->head == client->tail.
*/
spin_lock(&client->buffer_lock);
- client->buffer[client->head++] = *event;
- client->head &= client->bufsize - 1;
+ do {
+ client->buffer[client->head++] = *event;
+ client->head &= client->bufsize - 1;
+ } while (client->head == client->tail);
spin_unlock(&client->buffer_lock);
if (event->type == EV_SYN)