linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] leds: heartbeat: stop on shutdown

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Message-ID: <4F96E41C.6030309@ahsoftware.de>
Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:34:20 +0200
From:	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
To:	shuahkhan@...il.com
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] leds: heartbeat: stop on shutdown

Am 24.04.2012 19:31, schrieb Shuah Khan:
> On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 19:27 +0200, Alexander Holler wrote:
>> Am 24.04.2012 19:00, schrieb Shuah Khan:
>>> On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 18:32 +0200, Alexander Holler wrote:
>>>> Am 24.04.2012 17:24, schrieb Shuah Khan:
>>>>> On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 17:07 +0200, Alexander Holler wrote:
>>>>>> A halted kernel should not show a heartbeat.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  drivers/leds/ledtrig-heartbeat.c |   18 +++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>>  1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-heartbeat.c b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-heartbeat.c
>>>>>> index 759c0bb..1c05bd9 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/leds/ledtrig-heartbeat.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/leds/ledtrig-heartbeat.c
>>>>>> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>>>>>>  #include <linux/timer.h>
>>>>>>  #include <linux/sched.h>
>>>>>>  #include <linux/leds.h>
>>>>>> +#include <linux/reboot.h>
>>>>>>  #include "leds.h"
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  struct heartbeat_trig_data {
>>>>>> @@ -101,13 +102,28 @@ static struct led_trigger heartbeat_led_trigger = {
>>>>>>  	.deactivate = heartbeat_trig_deactivate,
>>>>>>  };
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> +static int heartbeat_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
>>>>>> +				     unsigned long code, void *unused)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +	led_trigger_unregister(&heartbeat_led_trigger);
>>>>>> +	return NOTIFY_DONE;
>>>>>> +}
>>> I am sorry I didn't catch this the last time. Do you need to call
>>> unregister here? Looks like trigger is going away with a registered
>>> reboot notifier. Might be fine, since reboot is going to happen.
>>
>> That unregister is the whole reason of the patch because it disables all
>> running heartbeats on reboot/shutdown. ;)
> 
> Sorry I should have been clear about which unregister. I meant
> unregister_reboot_notifier()

That is needed in case the module will be unloaded.

Regards,

Alexander
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