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-rw-r--r--libevdev/libevdev.c2
-rw-r--r--libevdev/libevdev.h4
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libevdev/libevdev.c b/libevdev/libevdev.c
index 6127e64..36359d4 100644
--- a/libevdev/libevdev.c
+++ b/libevdev/libevdev.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ sync_mt_state(struct libevdev *dev, int create_events)
ioctl_success = 1;
}
- for (i = 0; i < dev->num_slots; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < min(dev->num_slots, MAX_SLOTS); i++) {
int j;
struct input_event *ev;
diff --git a/libevdev/libevdev.h b/libevdev/libevdev.h
index d019114..b13e746 100644
--- a/libevdev/libevdev.h
+++ b/libevdev/libevdev.h
@@ -693,6 +693,10 @@ enum libevdev_read_status {
* device state delta. This function returns @ref LIBEVDEV_READ_STATUS_SYNC for
* each event part of that delta, until it returns -EAGAIN once all events
* have been synced.
+ * @note The implementation of libevdev limits the maximum number of slots
+ * that can be synched. If your device exceeds the number of slots
+ * (currently 32), slot indices equal and above this maximum are ignored and
+ * their value will not update until the next event in that slot.
*
* If a device needs to be synced by the caller but the caller does not call
* with the @ref LIBEVDEV_READ_FLAG_SYNC flag set, all events from the diff are