[PATCH v2 1/2] leds: triggers: Add led_trigger_walk_leds()

From: Nikolay Plastinin via B4 Relay

Date: Wed Sep 30 2026 - 02:54:34 EST


From: Nikolay Plastinin <plaztininikolai@xxxxxxxxx>

led_trigger_event() sets one brightness for all LEDs using a trigger.
A trigger which restores a different brightness per LED, such as the
input-events trigger turning keyboard backlights back on at the level
the user picked, needs to walk the trigger's LEDs itself. That means
using trig->led_cdevs and led_cdev->trig_list outside the LED core.

Add led_trigger_walk_leds(), which calls a function for each LED
using the trigger under rcu_read_lock(), the same way led_trigger_event()
does, so that such triggers do not have to walk the list themselves.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Plastinin <plaztininikolai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/leds/led-triggers.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/leds.h | 7 +++++++
2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
index b1223218b..b5fc14e47 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
@@ -422,6 +422,31 @@ void led_trigger_event(struct led_trigger *trig,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_event);

+/**
+ * led_trigger_walk_leds - call a function for each LED using a trigger
+ * @trig: the trigger, may be NULL
+ * @fn: the function to call for each LED
+ * @data: pointer passed to @fn
+ *
+ * Walks the LEDs currently using @trig under rcu_read_lock() and calls @fn
+ * for each of them. This is for triggers which set a different brightness
+ * per LED, where led_trigger_event() is not enough. @fn must not sleep.
+ */
+void led_trigger_walk_leds(struct led_trigger *trig, led_trigger_walk_fn_t fn,
+ void *data)
+{
+ struct led_classdev *led_cdev;
+
+ if (!trig)
+ return;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(led_cdev, &trig->led_cdevs, trig_list)
+ fn(led_cdev, data);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_walk_leds);
+
void led_mc_trigger_event(struct led_trigger *trig,
unsigned int *intensity_value, unsigned int num_colors,
enum led_brightness brightness)
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index a515f075c..c971a6aa5 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ static inline bool led_sysfs_is_disabled(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
#define DEFINE_LED_TRIGGER(x) static struct led_trigger *x;
#define DEFINE_LED_TRIGGER_GLOBAL(x) struct led_trigger *x;

+/* Callback for led_trigger_walk_leds() */
+typedef void (*led_trigger_walk_fn_t)(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, void *data);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGERS

#define TRIG_NAME_MAX 50
@@ -521,6 +524,8 @@ void led_trigger_register_simple(const char *name,
struct led_trigger **trigger);
void led_trigger_unregister_simple(struct led_trigger *trigger);
void led_trigger_event(struct led_trigger *trigger, enum led_brightness event);
+void led_trigger_walk_leds(struct led_trigger *trig, led_trigger_walk_fn_t fn,
+ void *data);
void led_mc_trigger_event(struct led_trigger *trig,
unsigned int *intensity_value, unsigned int num_colors,
enum led_brightness brightness);
@@ -566,6 +571,8 @@ static inline void led_trigger_register_simple(const char *name,
static inline void led_trigger_unregister_simple(struct led_trigger *trigger) {}
static inline void led_trigger_event(struct led_trigger *trigger,
enum led_brightness event) {}
+static inline void led_trigger_walk_leds(struct led_trigger *trig,
+ led_trigger_walk_fn_t fn, void *data) {}
static inline void led_mc_trigger_event(struct led_trigger *trig,
unsigned int *intensity_value, unsigned int num_colors,
enum led_brightness brightness) {}

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