linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] leds: Introduce userspace leds driver

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2016 08:05:14 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>
Cc:     David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
        Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] leds: Introduce userspace leds driver

Hi!

> >+struct uleds_device {
> >+	struct uleds_user_dev	user_dev;
> >+	struct led_classdev	led_cdev;
> >+	struct mutex		mutex;
> >+	enum uleds_state	state;
> >+	wait_queue_head_t	waitq;
> >+	unsigned char		brightness;
> 
> I've just noticed that this is wrong, since LED subsystem
> brightness type is enum led_brightness, i.e. int.
> LED_FULL (255) value is a legacy enum value that can be overridden
> by max_brightness property.
> 
> Please submit a fix so that I could merge it with the original
> patch before sending it upstream.

Actually... perhaps you want to wait with merging the userspace driver
till the locking is solved in the LED subsystem? Maybe I'm wrong, but
I have feeling that userspace driver will have unusual requirements
w.r.t. locking, and that it would be good to have that solved,
first...

Best regards,
									Pavel
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