[PATCH v2] platform/x86: asus-wmi: use brightness_set_blocking() for kbd led

From: Anton Khirnov

Date: Sat Nov 29 2025 - 05:16:11 EST


kbd_led_set() can sleep, and so may not be used as the brightness_set()
callback.

Otherwise using this led with a trigger leads to system hangs
accompanied by:
BUG: scheduling while atomic: acpi_fakekeyd/2588/0x00000003
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 2588 Comm: acpi_fakekeyd Not tainted 6.17.9+deb14-amd64 #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Debian 6.17.9-1
Hardware name: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ASUS EXPERTBOOK B9403CVAR/B9403CVAR, BIOS B9403CVAR.311 12/24/2024
Call Trace:
<TASK>
[...]
schedule_timeout+0xbd/0x100
__down_common+0x175/0x290
down_timeout+0x67/0x70
acpi_os_wait_semaphore+0x57/0x90
[...]
asus_wmi_evaluate_method3+0x87/0x190 [asus_wmi]
led_trigger_event+0x3f/0x60
[...]

Fixes: 9fe44fc98ce4 ("platform/x86: asus-wmi: Simplify the keyboard brightness updating process")
Signed-off-by: Anton Khirnov <anton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
- reworded commit message, adding traceback
- merged lines in kbd_led_set() signature
---
drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
index e72a2b5d158e..8e3300f5c294 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/asus-wmi.c
@@ -1619,14 +1619,14 @@ static void do_kbd_led_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, int value)
kbd_led_update(asus);
}

-static void kbd_led_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
- enum led_brightness value)
+static int kbd_led_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, enum led_brightness value)
{
/* Prevent disabling keyboard backlight on module unregister */
if (led_cdev->flags & LED_UNREGISTERING)
- return;
+ return 0;

do_kbd_led_set(led_cdev, value);
+ return 0;
}

static void kbd_led_set_by_kbd(struct asus_wmi *asus, enum led_brightness value)
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ static int asus_wmi_led_init(struct asus_wmi *asus)
asus->kbd_led_wk = led_val;
asus->kbd_led.name = "asus::kbd_backlight";
asus->kbd_led.flags = LED_BRIGHT_HW_CHANGED;
- asus->kbd_led.brightness_set = kbd_led_set;
+ asus->kbd_led.brightness_set_blocking = kbd_led_set;
asus->kbd_led.brightness_get = kbd_led_get;
asus->kbd_led.max_brightness = 3;

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2.47.3