linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds: Add Chrome OS keyboard backlight LEDs driver

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Date:	Fri, 4 Mar 2016 14:09:04 -0800
From:	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Evan McClain <aeroevan@...il.com>,
	Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@...sung.com>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Bryan Wu <cooloney@...il.com>, Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olofj@...omium.org>,
	Duncan Laurie <dlaurie@...omium.org>,
	Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux LED Subsystem <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds: Add Chrome OS keyboard backlight LEDs driver

On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 03:41:36PM -0500, Evan McClain wrote:
>> On Fri, 2016-03-04 at 11:13 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 10:38:40AM +0100, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi Evan,
>> > >
>> > > On 03/04/2016 09:38 AM, Evan McClain wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 15:46 -0800, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > From: Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>
>> > > > >
>> > > > > This is a driver for ACPI-based keyboard backlight LEDs found
>> > > > > on
>> > > > > Chromebooks. The driver locates \\_SB.KBLT ACPI device and
>> > > > > exports
>> > > > > backlight as "chromeos::kbd_backlight" LED class device in
>> > > > > sysfs.
>> > > > Was it ever decided where this driver should live? I was planning
>> > > > on
>> > > > submitting to platform/chrome since most keyboard backlights seem
>> > > > to
>> > > > live over there but I don't think I got a response.
>> > > >
>> > > It hasn't been decided yet. I can take it, but could you submit one
>> > > more
>> > > version, without
>> > >
>> > > 'owner    = THIS_MODULE' in struct platform_driver
>> > > keyboard_led_driver ?
>> > >
>> > > It is redundant, because the core will do it.
>> > >
>> > > Also the line with devm_kzalloc has over 80 characters.
>> > Also:
>> >
>> > - preferably use sizeof(*cdev) instead of sizeof(struct ...)
>> > - do not check cdev->flags & LED_SUSPENDED in
>> >   keyboard_led_set_brightness() as it is not going to be called when
>> > led
>> >   device is suspended anyway
>>
>> Your patch is definitely better, I was only taking Simon's original
>> submission and doing the minimal cleanup to help get it submitted (as
>> someone using mainline linux on a pixel 2/samus).
>>
>> > - change the MODULE_LICENSE from "GPL v2" to "GPL" as to match the
>> >   actual license notice
>>
>> I think this got changed in one of the revisions in error.
>>
>> > - report ACPI errors in error messages (since we clobber them)
>> > - preferably use ENXIO instead of ENODEV
>>
>> Most other drivers seem to use ENODEV on probe, but I'm in the 'learn
>> through grep' level of understanding for parts of linux.
>>
>> > - maybe add "depends on CHROME_PLATFORMS || COMPILE_TEST" so that we
>> > do
>> >   not prompt for it on non-Chrome platforms
>>
>> Adding depends on CHROME_PLATFORMS definitely makes sense, but also
>> might support putting this driver in platform/chrome. Either way I just
>
> Olof, do you want it in platform/chrome?

Based on in-person discussion, I can take them through there, sure.


-Olof