linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 4/6] leds: class: store the color index in struct led

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2023 20:15:21 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Jean-Jacques Hiblot <jjhiblot@...phandler.com>
Cc:     lee.jones@...aro.org, pavel@....cz, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        sven.schwermer@...ruptive-technologies.com,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, johan+linaro@...nel.org,
        marijn.suijten@...ainline.org, jacek.anaszewski@...il.com,
        linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 4/6] leds: class: store the color index in struct led_classdev

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 7:15 PM Jean-Jacques Hiblot
<jjhiblot@...phandler.com> wrote:
>
> This information might be useful for more than only deriving the led's
> name. And since we have this information, we can expose it in the sysfs.

...

> +Date:          March 2023
> +KernelVersion: 6.3

Outdated version.

...

> +               Color of the led.
> +
> +               This is a read-only file. Reading this file returns the color
> +               of the led as a string (ex: "red", "green").

There are no strict rules about colour and I don't think it's a good
idea. Why in such a case is it different to label? My proposal here at
least documenting that the colour must follow one of the existing
naming standards (like RGB in hex, HTML, or name in accordance with
chosen standard).

Yet, it won't technically prevent abusing that, but at least will show
the intention and allow pointing out to the bugs or develop user space
tooling based on existing parsers (if any).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko