[PATCH v3 7/9] leds: st1202: disable channel when brightness is set to zero

From: Manuel Fombuena

Date: Fri Jun 05 2026 - 10:19:02 EST


When brightness_set() is called with LED_OFF, only the ILED register is
zeroed; the channel enable bit is left set from probe time. A hardware
channel enabled with ILED=0 still draws a small residual current, causing
a dim glow even when the LED is supposed to be off.

Fix this by splitting st1202_channel_set() into a lockless inner function
__st1202_channel_set() and a locking wrapper, then calling the inner
function from brightness_set() while it already holds the mutex. The
channel is now disabled when value is zero and re-enabled when non-zero,
in the same lock region as the ILED write.

Fixes: 259230378c65 ("leds: Add LED1202 I2C driver")
Signed-off-by: Manuel Fombuena <fombuena@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
---
drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c b/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c
index 4fa41cc74412..7413d316d857 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-st1202.c
@@ -128,38 +128,11 @@ static int st1202_duration_pattern_write(struct st1202_chip *chip, int pattern,
st1202_prescalar_to_miliseconds(value));
}

-static void st1202_brightness_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
- enum led_brightness value)
-{
- struct st1202_led *led = cdev_to_st1202_led(led_cdev);
- struct st1202_chip *chip = led->chip;
-
- guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);
-
- st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_CONFIG_REG, ST1202_CONFIG_REG_SHFT);
- st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_ILED_REG0 + led->led_num, value);
-}
-
-static enum led_brightness st1202_brightness_get(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
-{
- struct st1202_led *led = cdev_to_st1202_led(led_cdev);
- struct st1202_chip *chip = led->chip;
- u8 value = 0;
-
- guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);
-
- st1202_read_reg(chip, ST1202_ILED_REG0 + led->led_num, &value);
-
- return value;
-}
-
-static int st1202_channel_set(struct st1202_chip *chip, int led_num, bool active)
+static int __st1202_channel_set(struct st1202_chip *chip, int led_num, bool active)
{
u8 chan_low, chan_high;
int ret;

- guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);
-
if (led_num <= 7) {
ret = st1202_read_reg(chip, ST1202_CHAN_ENABLE_LOW, &chan_low);
if (ret < 0)
@@ -187,6 +160,39 @@ static int st1202_channel_set(struct st1202_chip *chip, int led_num, bool active
return 0;
}

+static int st1202_channel_set(struct st1202_chip *chip, int led_num, bool active)
+{
+ guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);
+
+ return __st1202_channel_set(chip, led_num, active);
+}
+
+static void st1202_brightness_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
+ enum led_brightness value)
+{
+ struct st1202_led *led = cdev_to_st1202_led(led_cdev);
+ struct st1202_chip *chip = led->chip;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);
+
+ st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_CONFIG_REG, ST1202_CONFIG_REG_SHFT);
+ st1202_write_reg(chip, ST1202_ILED_REG0 + led->led_num, value);
+ __st1202_channel_set(chip, led->led_num, !!value);
+}
+
+static enum led_brightness st1202_brightness_get(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+ struct st1202_led *led = cdev_to_st1202_led(led_cdev);
+ struct st1202_chip *chip = led->chip;
+ u8 value = 0;
+
+ guard(mutex)(&chip->lock);
+
+ st1202_read_reg(chip, ST1202_ILED_REG0 + led->led_num, &value);
+
+ return value;
+}
+
static int st1202_led_set(struct led_classdev *ldev, enum led_brightness value)
{
struct st1202_led *led = cdev_to_st1202_led(ldev);
--
2.54.0