From: Craig McQueen <craig@mcqueen.au>
To: linux-leds@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Craig McQueen <craig@mcqueen.au>
Subject: [PATCH] leds: core: Fix race condition for software blink
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:36:38 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260423113638.2079302-1-craig@mcqueen.au> (raw)
led_set_brightness() function: Change handling of software blink to
avoid race conditions when stopping blink and setting brightness.
Triggers may call led_set_brightness(LED_OFF),
led_set_brightness(LED_FULL) in quick succession to disable blinking and
turn the LED on. If the delayed work task has not yet disabled blinking
by the time the second call occurs, then the brightness also needs to be
changed in the delayed work task.
Signed-off-by: Craig McQueen <craig@mcqueen.au>
---
drivers/leds/led-core.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-core.c b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
index 385e78af1dac..073c547068cc 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-core.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
@@ -303,24 +303,31 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_stop_software_blink);
void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, unsigned int brightness)
{
- /*
- * If software blink is active, delay brightness setting
- * until the next timer tick.
- */
- if (test_bit(LED_BLINK_SW, &led_cdev->work_flags)) {
+ if (brightness) {
/*
- * If we need to disable soft blinking delegate this to the
- * work queue task to avoid problems in case we are called
- * from hard irq context.
+ * If software blink disable is pending, also queue brightness setting.
+ * If software blink is active, delay brightness setting
+ * until the next timer tick.
*/
- if (!brightness) {
- set_bit(LED_BLINK_DISABLE, &led_cdev->work_flags);
+ if (test_bit(LED_SET_BRIGHTNESS, &led_cdev->work_flags) ||
+ test_bit(LED_BLINK_DISABLE, &led_cdev->work_flags)) {
+ led_cdev->delayed_set_value = brightness;
+ set_bit(LED_SET_BRIGHTNESS, &led_cdev->work_flags);
queue_work(led_cdev->wq, &led_cdev->set_brightness_work);
- } else {
- set_bit(LED_BLINK_BRIGHTNESS_CHANGE,
- &led_cdev->work_flags);
+ return;
+ } else if (test_bit(LED_BLINK_SW, &led_cdev->work_flags)) {
led_cdev->new_blink_brightness = brightness;
+ set_bit(LED_BLINK_BRIGHTNESS_CHANGE, &led_cdev->work_flags);
+ return;
}
+ } else if (test_bit(LED_BLINK_SW, &led_cdev->work_flags)) {
+ /*
+ * If we need to disable soft blinking delegate this to the
+ * work queue task to avoid problems in case we are called
+ * from hard irq context.
+ */
+ set_bit(LED_BLINK_DISABLE, &led_cdev->work_flags);
+ queue_work(led_cdev->wq, &led_cdev->set_brightness_work);
return;
}
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-23 11:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-23 11:36 Craig McQueen [this message]
2026-05-07 11:59 ` [PATCH] leds: core: Fix race condition for software blink Lee Jones
2026-05-08 0:40 ` Craig McQueen
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