From 0db37915d912e8dc6588f25da76d3ed36718d92f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pavel Machek Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:22:59 +0200 Subject: leds: avoid races with workqueue There are races between "main" thread and workqueue. They manifest themselves on Thinkpad X60: This should result in LED blinking, but it turns it off instead: root@amd:/data/pavel# cd /sys/class/leds/tpacpi\:\:power root@amd:/sys/class/leds/tpacpi::power# echo timer > trigger root@amd:/sys/class/leds/tpacpi::power# echo timer > trigger It should be possible to transition from blinking to solid on by echo 0 > brightness; echo 1 > brightness... but that does not work, either, if done too quickly. Synchronization of the workqueue fixes both. Fixes: 1afcadfcd184 ("leds: core: Use set_brightness_work for the blocking op") Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: Jacek Anaszewski --- drivers/leds/led-class.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'drivers/leds/led-class.c') diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c index 3c7e3487b373..85848c5da705 100644 --- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c +++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ static ssize_t brightness_store(struct device *dev, if (state == LED_OFF) led_trigger_remove(led_cdev); led_set_brightness(led_cdev, state); + flush_work(&led_cdev->set_brightness_work); ret = size; unlock: -- cgit v1.2.3