Re: [PATCH 10/10] leds: multicolor: Adjust maximum subled intensity during initialization

From: Rong Zhang

Date: Mon Oct 19 2026 - 08:04:46 EST


Hi Armin,

Nice cleanup!

On Sun, 2026-10-18 at 15:46 +0200, Armin Wolf wrote:
> The maximum brightness of a LED device is fixed after having called
> led_classdev_init(), so performing the adjustment during runtime is
> no longer necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/leds/led-class-multicolor.c | 40 ++++++++++++-----------------
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class-multicolor.c b/drivers/leds/led-class-multicolor.c
> index 9b8c37f7bdf4..875c615c33fc 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/led-class-multicolor.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/led-class-multicolor.c
> @@ -14,24 +14,6 @@
> #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> #include "leds.h"
>
> -static unsigned int led_mc_get_max_intensity(struct led_classdev_mc *mcled_cdev, size_t index)
> -{
> - unsigned int max_intensity;
> -
> - /*
> - * The maximum global brightness value might still be changed by
> - * led_classdev_register_ext() using devicetree properties. This
> - * prevents us from changing subled_info[X].max_intensity when
> - * registering a multicolor LED class device, so we have to do
> - * this during runtime.
> - */
> - max_intensity = mcled_cdev->subled_info[index].max_intensity;
> - if (max_intensity)
> - return max_intensity;
> -
> - return mcled_cdev->led_cdev.max_brightness;
> -}
> -
> int led_mc_calc_color_components(struct led_classdev_mc *mcled_cdev,
> enum led_brightness brightness)
> {
> @@ -53,12 +35,10 @@ static ssize_t multi_max_intensity_show(struct device *dev,
> {
> struct led_classdev *led_cdev = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> struct led_classdev_mc *mcled_cdev = lcdev_to_mccdev(led_cdev);
> - unsigned int max_intensity;
> int len = 0;
>
> - for (int i = 0; i < mcled_cdev->num_colors; i++) {
> - max_intensity = led_mc_get_max_intensity(mcled_cdev, i);
> - len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len, "%u", max_intensity);
> + for (unsigned int i = 0; i < mcled_cdev->num_colors; i++) {
> + len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len, "%u", mcled_cdev->subled_info[i].max_intensity);
> if (i < mcled_cdev->num_colors - 1)
> len += sprintf(buf + len, " ");
> }
> @@ -98,8 +78,8 @@ static ssize_t multi_intensity_store(struct device *dev,
> goto err_out;
> }
>
> - for (int i = 0; i < mcled_cdev->num_colors; i++) {
> - max_intensity = led_mc_get_max_intensity(mcled_cdev, i);
> + for (unsigned int i = 0; i < mcled_cdev->num_colors; i++) {
> + max_intensity = mcled_cdev->subled_info[i].max_intensity;
> mcled_cdev->subled_info[i].intensity = min(intensity_value[i], max_intensity);
> }
>
> @@ -187,6 +167,18 @@ int led_classdev_multicolor_register_ext(struct device *parent,
> if (ret < 0)
> return ret;
>
> + /*
> + * The maximum global brightness value might still be changed by

s/still be/have been/ ?

Thanks,
Rong

> + * led_classdev_init() using devicetree properties. Because of this
> + * we can only adjust subled_info[X].max_intensity after said function
> + * was called.
> + */
> + for (unsigned int i = 0; i < mcled_cdev->num_colors; i++)
> + {
> + if (!mcled_cdev->subled_info[i].max_intensity)
> + mcled_cdev->subled_info[i].max_intensity = led_cdev->max_brightness;
> + }
> +
> led_cdev->dev->type = &led_multicolor_device_type;
> ret = led_classdev_add(led_cdev);
> if (ret < 0)