Re: [PATCH] leds: make sure led->trigger is valid before callingtrigger->activate

From: Richard Purdie
Date: Wed Jun 25 2008 - 06:18:51 EST



On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 13:50 +0400, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 02:02:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > The changelog tells us what the patch does, but it doesn't tell us
> > why it does it.
> >
> > This matters. For a start, there is no way in which I (at least)
> > am able to determine whether this change is needed in 2.6.26 nor
> > in 2.6.25.x.
>
> I hope this is better. This isn't an 2.6.25.x material. And probably not
> an 2.6.26.
>
> From 4ce3598c6ce5e6b529a05432b18996a99cc5bf0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Dmitry Baryshkov <dbaryshkov@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:48:07 +0400
> Subject: [PATCH] leds: make sure led->trigger is valid before calling trigger->activate
>
> This is necessary if one wants to use the led->trigger field during
> trigger activation for a led (e.g. to set up the state of the led).
> No current drivers depend on this.

I seem to remember actively making the code work the way it does when I
originally wrote it, what I can't remember is why I did that :/.

Anyhow, I have no objections to the change and will probably queue it
for the next merge window, its post 2.6.26 material.

Cheers,

Richard



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