linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] leds: class: ensure workqueue is initialized before setting brightness

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Message-ID: <20180524115855.GE27040@amd>
Date:   Thu, 24 May 2018 13:58:55 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Luis Henriques <lhenriques@...e.com>
Cc:     Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] leds: class: ensure workqueue is initialized before
 setting brightness

On Wed 2018-05-23 23:22:21, Luis Henriques wrote:
> An application can try to set brightness before all the initialization is
> done, in particular before the workqueue is initialized with the call to
> led_init_core().  Here's a WARNING easy to trigger:

Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>

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