From 146603c3f42976b2e1349e06def99614158b20ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paulius Dervinis <pauliusd@unity3d.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:20:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent SDL layouts from being created if a layout already
 exists

---
 .../InputSystem/Plugins/Linux/SDLDeviceBuilder.cs            | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem/InputSystem/Plugins/Linux/SDLDeviceBuilder.cs b/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem/InputSystem/Plugins/Linux/SDLDeviceBuilder.cs
index 7a322361ae..cbc4d584cd 100644
--- a/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem/InputSystem/Plugins/Linux/SDLDeviceBuilder.cs
+++ b/Packages/com.unity.inputsystem/InputSystem/Plugins/Linux/SDLDeviceBuilder.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ internal class SDLLayoutBuilder
         internal static string OnFindLayoutForDevice(ref InputDeviceDescription description, string matchedLayout,
             InputDeviceExecuteCommandDelegate executeCommandDelegate)
         {
+            // If the system found a matching layout, there's nothing for us to do.
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(matchedLayout))
+                return null;
+            
+            // If the device isn't an SDL joystick, we have nothing to do.
             if (description.interfaceName != LinuxSupport.kInterfaceName)
                 return null;