Don't enumerate HID devices on macOS if we don't have input monitoring permissions Unfortunately the only way to detect this is to actually try opening a device, so we wait until the application tries, and then stop enumerating afterwards. Fixes https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/5781
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diff --git a/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c b/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
index 35ca380..445de68 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
+++ b/src/hidapi/mac/hid.c
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct hid_device_list_node
static IOHIDManagerRef hid_mgr = 0x0;
static struct hid_device_list_node *device_list = 0x0;
+static int hid_input_monitoring_denied = 0;
static hid_device *new_hid_device(void)
{
@@ -521,7 +522,11 @@ struct hid_device_info HID_API_EXPORT *hid_enumerate(unsigned short vendor_id,
/* Set up the HID Manager if it hasn't been done */
if (hid_init() < 0)
return NULL;
-
+
+ /* If we don't have permission do open devices, don't enumerate them */
+ if (hid_input_monitoring_denied)
+ return NULL;
+
/* give the IOHIDManager a chance to update itself */
process_pending_events();
@@ -862,6 +867,11 @@ hid_device * HID_API_EXPORT hid_open_path(const char *path, int bExclusive)
return dev;
}
+ else if (ret == kIOReturnNotPermitted) {
+ /* This application doesn't have input monitoring permissions */
+ hid_input_monitoring_denied = 1;
+ goto return_error;
+ }
else {
goto return_error;
}