Re: [PATCH 1/1] leds: ledtrig-tty.c: call led_set_brightness() when the blocking callback is not available

[Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 09 Dec 2022, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 10:10:38AM +1000, Qingtao Cao wrote:
> > The Marvell GPIO controller's driver will setup its struct gpio_chip's can_sleep
> > false, making create_gpio_led() setting up the brightness_set function pointer
> > instead of the brightness_set_blocking function pointer. In this case the
> > nonblocking version led_set_brightness() should be fallen back on by ledtrig_tty_work()
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Qingtao Cao <qingtao.cao@digi.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c | 10 ++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c
> > index f62db7e520b5..e43d285b5d06 100644
> > --- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c
> > +++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c
> > @@ -122,12 +122,18 @@ static void ledtrig_tty_work(struct work_struct *work)
> >  
> >  	if (icount.rx != trigger_data->rx ||
> >  	    icount.tx != trigger_data->tx) {
> > -		led_set_brightness_sync(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_ON);
> > +		if (trigger_data->led_cdev->brightness_set_blocking)
> > +			led_set_brightness_sync(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_ON);
> > +		else if (trigger_data->led_cdev->brightness_set)
> > +			led_set_brightness(trigger_data->led_cdev, LED_ON);
> 
> I had similar issues in the past where a function call worked for
> sleeping LEDs but not atomic ones (or the other way around? Don't
> remember the details.)
> 
> I wonder if there isn't a function that does the right thing no matter
> what type the LED is. The other triggers should have the same issue, and
> doing the above check in all of them just looks wrong.

Anyone fancy taking a deeper dive into this?

I'd usually have a go myself, but I'm presently swamped.

Pavel already has an idea?

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]