Input: evdev - indicate buffer overrun with SYN_DROPPED

Add a new EV_SYN code, SYN_DROPPED, to inform the client when input
events have been dropped from the evdev input buffer due to a
buffer overrun.  The client should use this event as a hint to
reset its state or ignore all following events until the next
packet begins.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Brown <jeffbrown@android.com>
[dtor@mail.ru: Implement Henrik's suggestion and drop old events in
 case of overflow.]
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@mail.ru>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
index f13aee550409..23fcb05175be 100644
--- a/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/input/event-codes.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ sent in the evdev event stream.
   - Used to synchronize and separate touch events. See the
     multi-touch-protocol.txt document for more information.
 
+* SYN_DROPPED:
+  - Used to indicate buffer overrun in the evdev client's event queue.
+    Client should ignore all events up to and including next SYN_REPORT
+    event and query the device (using EVIOCG* ioctls) to obtain its
+    current state.
+
 EV_KEY:
 ----------
 EV_KEY events take the form KEY_<name> or BTN_<name>. For example, KEY_A is used