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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-63584

evdevtouch can detect multiple devices and that can cause crashes

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    • 23d73208524d3ab2166121d08594da88e6b4460b (qt/qtbase/5.15) 3315a400fcfe355f5056f65aade20454cbdd4928 (qt/qtbase/5.12)

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      In case linux kernel creates multiple device nodes for touch screen, all of them are detected by evdevtouch and that creates multiple threads and that causes missed touches and crashes because there is only a single static QMap for tracking active touch points and not guarded by mutexes. It is declared in
      qtbase/src/gui/kernel/qwindowsysteminterface.cpp, line 528:
      Q_GLOBAL_STATIC(PointIdMap, g_pointIdMap)

      Workaround is to use setenv("QT_QPA_EVDEV_TOUCHSCREEN_PARAMETERS", "/dev/input/touchscreen0", 0); it disables the automatic touch device detection and forces to use the defined one.

      It would be nice if the evdev touch would use only one device, even if more are detected, to prevent crashes.

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