[PATCH v4 2/2] leds: trigger: input-events: Restore previous brightness on input

From: Nikolay Plastinin via B4 Relay

Date: Fri Oct 30 2026 - 09:52:20 EST


From: Nikolay Plastinin <plaztininikolai@xxxxxxxxx>

The trigger turns the LEDs back on with LED_FULL, which the LED core
clamps to max_brightness. For keyboard backlights with several levels,
such as asus::kbd_backlight, this means the backlight always comes back
at maximum after being idle instead of at the level the user picked.

Remember the brightness per LED before turning it off and restore it on
the next input event. Keep the level in a per-LED state struct allocated
in activate() and freed in deactivate(), converting the simple trigger
to a regular trigger. Pick up brightness changes made while the LED is
on before saving the level again.

Use led_trigger_for_each_led() under guard(rcu)() for both the on and
off paths. Skip LEDs whose activate() callback has not set up their
state yet.

Clear trigger_data under the same lock used by the LED walker before
freeing the per-LED state. Although normal trigger removal waits for an
RCU grace period, the device_add_groups() error path calls deactivate()
while the LED is still linked, so a walker must see NULL after teardown.

The previous revision was tested on an ASUS ROG Flow X13 GV302XV:
keyboard backlight levels 1 and 2 were restored after idle timeout and
keyboard input, and 20 trigger activate/deactivate cycles completed
successfully.

Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Plastinin <plaztininikolai@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-input-events.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-input-events.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-input-events.c
index d057b2a23..6b0bfd343 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-input-events.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-input-events.c
@@ -28,7 +28,69 @@ static struct input_events_data {
unsigned long led_off_time;
} input_events_data;

-static struct led_trigger *input_events_led_trigger;
+struct input_events_led {
+ /* Brightness to restore on the next input event */
+ int brightness;
+};
+
+static int input_events_activate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+ struct input_events_data *data = &input_events_data;
+ struct input_events_led *led;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ led = kzalloc_obj(*led);
+ if (!led)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ /* Start with the current brightness, or full if the LED is off */
+ led->brightness = led_cdev->brightness ?: led_cdev->max_brightness;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags);
+ led_set_trigger_data(led_cdev, led);
+ led_set_brightness(led_cdev, data->led_on ? led->brightness : LED_OFF);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&data->lock, flags);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void input_events_deactivate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+ struct input_events_led *led;
+
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_irqsave, &input_events_data.lock) {
+ led = led_get_trigger_data(led_cdev);
+ led_set_trigger_data(led_cdev, NULL);
+ }
+ kfree(led);
+}
+
+static struct led_trigger input_events_led_trigger = {
+ .name = "input-events",
+ .activate = input_events_activate,
+ .deactivate = input_events_deactivate,
+};
+
+/* Must be called with input_events_data.lock held */
+static void input_events_set_leds(bool on)
+{
+ struct led_classdev *led_cdev;
+
+ guard(rcu)();
+ led_trigger_for_each_led(led_cdev, &input_events_led_trigger) {
+ struct input_events_led *led = led_get_trigger_data(led_cdev);
+
+ /* Not yet activated, or already deactivated during error unwind */
+ if (!led)
+ continue;
+
+ /* Preserve brightness changes made while the LED was on. */
+ if (led_cdev->brightness)
+ led->brightness = led_cdev->brightness;
+
+ led_set_brightness(led_cdev, on ? led->brightness : LED_OFF);
+ }
+}

static void led_input_events_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
@@ -42,7 +104,7 @@ static void led_input_events_work(struct work_struct *work)
* running before a new event pushed led_off_time back.
*/
if (time_after_eq(jiffies, data->led_off_time)) {
- led_trigger_event(input_events_led_trigger, LED_OFF);
+ input_events_set_leds(false);
data->led_on = false;
}

@@ -59,7 +121,7 @@ static void input_events_event(struct input_handle *handle, unsigned int type,
spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags);

if (!data->led_on) {
- led_trigger_event(input_events_led_trigger, LED_FULL);
+ input_events_set_leds(true);
data->led_on = true;
}
data->led_off_time = jiffies + led_off_delay;
@@ -138,11 +200,13 @@ static int __init input_events_init(void)
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&input_events_data.work, led_input_events_work);
spin_lock_init(&input_events_data.lock);

- led_trigger_register_simple("input-events", &input_events_led_trigger);
+ ret = led_trigger_register(&input_events_led_trigger);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;

ret = input_register_handler(&input_events_handler);
if (ret) {
- led_trigger_unregister_simple(input_events_led_trigger);
+ led_trigger_unregister(&input_events_led_trigger);
return ret;
}

@@ -153,7 +217,7 @@ static void __exit input_events_exit(void)
{
input_unregister_handler(&input_events_handler);
cancel_delayed_work_sync(&input_events_data.work);
- led_trigger_unregister_simple(input_events_led_trigger);
+ led_trigger_unregister(&input_events_led_trigger);
}

module_init(input_events_init);

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