LinuxQuestions.org - modify input events before it gets to user space, not working.

Hello,

I'm learning Linux kernel development and am currently experimenting with writing a kernel module. I was wondering how I could process events using my kernel module before it gets to user-space, like cancelling a key press, modifying the pressed key... etc.

I tried multiple approaches that failed and crashed the kernel, and here is the latest code I tried as of for now. Using the kernel even callback, I intercept any input event and am trying to cancel the KEY_A event in this code.

I don't understand what's going wrong and why the kernel requests a hardware restart, as well as why it is not blocking the registration on the user-space.

Code:

/**

 * @brief Gets called whenever an input device event is reported

 * @param handle Handle to the input device

 * @param type Event type (see: <linux/input-event-codes.h>)

 * @param code Event code (see: <linux/input-event-codes.h>)

 * @param value Event value (see: <linux/input-event-codes.h>)

 */

void my_module_event_callback(struct input_handle *handle, unsigned int type, unsigned int code, int value)

{

    if (type == EV_KEY) {

        pr_info("my_module: event: type=%u, code=%u, value=%d, dev=%s, phys=%s\n", type, code, value, handle->dev->name, handle->dev->phys);

    }



    if (type == EV_KEY && code == KEY_A && value == 1) {

        input_reset_device(handle->dev);

    }

}