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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/5] leds: triggers: Allow to switch the trigger to "panic" on a kernel panic
On Sun 2016-04-24 11:25:51, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Mon 2016-04-04 17:22:02, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > This commit adds a new led_cdev flag LED_BLINK_AT_PANIC, which
> > allows to mark a specific LED to be switched to the "panic"
> > trigger, on a kernel panic.
> >
> > This is useful to allow the user to assign a regular trigger
> > to a given LED, and still blink that LED on a kernel panic.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@vanguardiasur.com.ar>
>
>
> > drivers/leds/led-triggers.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/linux/leds.h | 1 +
>
> Could we get this out of the core? I'm pretty sure most users are not
> interested...

Thinking about it some more....

This is not really a trigger. This is very special. Maybe hard-coded
handling, like we do for keyboard leds on x86 would be suitable?


>
> Pavel
>
> > +/*
> > + * This is a called in a special context by the atomic panic
> > + * notifier. This means the trigger can be changed without
> > + * worrying about locking.
> > + */
> > +static void led_trigger_set_panic(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
> > +{
> > + struct led_trigger *trig;
> > +
> > + list_for_each_entry(trig, &trigger_list, next_trig) {
> > + if (strcmp("panic", trig->name))
> > + continue;
> > + if (led_cdev->trigger)
> > + list_del(&led_cdev->trig_list);
> > + list_add_tail(&led_cdev->trig_list, &trig->led_cdevs);
> > + led_cdev->trigger = trig;
> > + if (trig->activate)
> > + trig->activate(led_cdev);
> > + break;
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > +static int led_trigger_panic_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
> > + unsigned long code, void *unused)
> > +{
> > + struct led_classdev *led_cdev;
> > +
> > + list_for_each_entry(led_cdev, &leds_list, node)
> > + if (led_cdev->flags & LED_BLINK_AT_PANIC)
> > + led_trigger_set_panic(led_cdev);
> > + return NOTIFY_DONE;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct notifier_block led_trigger_panic_nb = {
> > + .notifier_call = led_trigger_panic_notifier,
> > +};
> > +
> > void led_trigger_set_default(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
> > {
> > struct led_trigger *trig;
> > @@ -356,6 +393,21 @@ void led_trigger_unregister_simple(struct led_trigger *trig)
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_unregister_simple);
> >
> > +static int __init leds_trigger_init(void)
> > +{
> > + atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
> > + &led_trigger_panic_nb);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void __exit leds_trigger_exit(void)
> > +{
> > + atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
> > + &led_trigger_panic_nb);
> > +}
> > +module_init(leds_trigger_init);
> > +module_exit(leds_trigger_exit);
> > +
> > MODULE_AUTHOR("Richard Purdie");
> > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LED Triggers Core");
> > diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
> > index f203a8f89d30..7f1428bb1e69 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/leds.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/leds.h
> > @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct led_classdev {
> > #define LED_SYSFS_DISABLE (1 << 22)
> > #define LED_DEV_CAP_FLASH (1 << 23)
> > #define LED_HW_PLUGGABLE (1 << 24)
> > +#define LED_BLINK_AT_PANIC (1 << 25)
> >
> > /* Set LED brightness level
> > * Must not sleep. Use brightness_set_blocking for drivers
>

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