linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Input: cap11xx - switch to using set_brightness

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Date:   Wed, 6 Feb 2019 09:33:53 -0500
From:   Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
        Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: cap11xx - switch to using set_brightness_blocking()

On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 5:20 PM Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Updating LED state requires access to regmap and therefore we may sleep, so
> we could not do that directly form set_brightness() method. Historically
> we used private work to adjust the brightness, but with the introduction of
> set_brightness_blocking() we no longer need it.
>

Elegant solution, nice !

I read the patch to verify that the user-after-free is now gone, but
obviously I cannot test,
as I have no cap11xx hardware. For what it's worth:

Reviewed-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <TheSven73@...glemail.com>