Confirmed here: running kcontrol from the command-line and attempting to edit and Apply e.g. a change to the Tapping->Fingers->Tapping->Right Top entry yields the following debug output:
kcontrol: load() kcontrol: 0 kcontrol: save() kcontrol: ERROR: Access denied to driver shared memory
Confirmed here: running kcontrol from the command-line and attempting to edit and Apply e.g. a change to the Tapping- >Fingers- >Tapping- >Right Top entry yields the following debug output:
kcontrol: load()
kcontrol: 0
kcontrol: save()
kcontrol: ERROR: Access denied to driver shared memory