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Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:38:44 +0100
From: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@samsung.com>
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To: Jacek Anaszewski <j.anaszewski@samsung.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC v6 00/36] Remove work queues from LED class drivers
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On 08/20/2015 04:43 PM, Jacek Anaszewski wrote:
> This is sixth version of the RFC aiming at removing work queues
> from LED class drivers, as well as getting rid of complimentary
> functionalities introduced along with addition of LED flash class
> extension.
>
> ======================
> Changes from version 5
> ======================
> - avoided changing semantics of brightness_set op in favour
>    of introducing brightness_set_blocking op, which also allowed
>    to get rid of LED_BRIGHTNESS_BLOCKING flag - Andrew thanks for
>    the hints
> - made new brightness_set_blocking op returning int, which entailed
>    the need for extending the scope of modifications in the drivers
>    from which work queues are removed. Those affected drivers now
>    implement the new op instead of brightness_set, which returns void
> - since LED_BRIGHTNESS_FAST flags is not needed with the new
>    approach, its introduction has been postponed
>
> ======================
> Changes from version 4
> ======================
> - switched to using two separate ops for blocking and non-blocking way
>    of setting brightness as requested by Pavel Machek.
> - improved patches for leds-lm3533, leds-regulator, leds-lp3944
>    and leds-ipaq-micro drivers in response to review remarks
>
> ======================
> Changes from version 3
> ======================
> - fixed return value in one of intermediary patches
> - changed the comment over the brightness_set op member
>    of struct led_classdev
> - added patches adjusting LED subsystem drivers to the introduced
>    modifications - they have been only compile-tested
>
> ======================
> Changes from version 2
> ======================
>
> - split changes to several incremental patches
> - removed SET_BRIGHTNESS_SYNC and SET_BRIGHTNESS_ASYNC flags
> - fixed led_set_brightness_async function instead of renaming it
>
> ======================
> Changes from version 1
> ======================
>
> V2 includes also patches for one LED class driver
> and two LED flash class drivers, that show how the
> drivers will benefit from the optimization being
> introduced in the first patch of this patch set.
>
> I was able to test only the LED Flash class drivers.
>
> Original message from the patch 483a3122 ("leds: Use set_brightness_work for
> brightness_set ops that can sleep") that was sent previously as a single one:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Since this patch will affect all the LED subsystem drivers
> I'd like it was tested by as many developers as possible
> to make sure that I haven't missed something.
>
> For the drivers which can sleep in their brightness_set ops
> (e.g. use mutex or gpio "cansleep" API) you only need to
> remove the work queues and move the code executed currently
> in the work queue task to the brightness_set op, as now
> LED core does the job.
>
> For drivers that are capable of setting brightness with use
> of MMIO you need to set the LED_BRIGHTNESS_FAST flag, so
> that LED core would know that it doesn't have to employ
> work queue.
>
> After the patch is positively verified I will create relevant
> patches for every LED class driver.
>
> This patch is based on linux-next_20150622.
>
> I am looking forward to your cooperation.
>
> Best Regards,
> Jacek Anaszewski
>
> Andrew Lunn (23):
>    leds: tlc591xx: Remove work queue
>    leds: 88pm860x: Remove work queue
>    leds: adp5520: Remove work queue
>    leds: bd2802: Remove work queue
>    leds: blinkm: Remove work queue
>    leds: lm3533: Remove work queue
>    leds: lm3642: Remove work queue
>    leds: pca9532: Remove work queue for LEDs.
>    leds: lp3944: Remove work queue
>    leds: lp55xx: Remove work queue
>    leds: lp8788: Remove work queue
>    leds: lp8860: Remove work queue
>    leds: pca955x: Remove work queue
>    leds: pca963x: Remove work queue
>    leds: wm831x: Remove work queue
>    leds: da903x: Remove work queue
>    leds: da9052: Remove work queue
>    leds: dac124d085: Remove work queue
>    leds: lt3593: Remove work queue
>    leds: max8997: Remove unneeded workqueue include
>    leds: mc13783: Remove work queue
>    leds: regulator: Remove work queue
>    leds: wm8350: Remove work queue
>
> Jacek Anaszewski (13):
>    leds: Add brightness_set_blocking op
>    leds: Add led_set_brightness_sync to the public LED subsystem API
>    leds: Improve asynchronous path of setting brightness
>    leds: Add an internal led_set_brightness_nosleep function
>    leds: Improve setting brightness in a non sleeping way
>    leds: Drivers shouldn't enforce SYNC/ASYNC brightness setting
>    Documentation: leds: Add description of brightness_set* ops
>    leds: ktd2692: Remove work queue
>    leds: aat1290: Remove work queue
>    leds: max77693: Remove work queue
>    leds: gpio: Remove work queue
>    leds: pwm: remove work queue
>    leds: lm355x: Remove work queue
>
>   Documentation/leds/leds-class.txt         |   11 ++++
>   drivers/leds/led-class-flash.c            |    7 ---
>   drivers/leds/led-class.c                  |   22 +++++---
>   drivers/leds/led-core.c                   |   79 ++++++++++++++++++++------
>   drivers/leds/leds-88pm860x.c              |   23 +++-----
>   drivers/leds/leds-aat1290.c               |   50 +++++------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-adp5520.c               |   26 ++-------
>   drivers/leds/leds-bd2802.c                |   39 +++++--------
>   drivers/leds/leds-blinkm.c                |   87 ++++++-----------------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-da903x.c                |   46 ++++++---------
>   drivers/leds/leds-da9052.c                |   39 ++++---------
>   drivers/leds/leds-dac124s085.c            |   38 ++++---------
>   drivers/leds/leds-gpio.c                  |   64 +++++++--------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-ktd2692.c               |   41 ++------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-lm3533.c                |   30 ++--------
>   drivers/leds/leds-lm355x.c                |   85 +++++++++-------------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-lm3642.c                |   73 ++++++++----------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp3944.c                |   32 +++--------
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp5521.c                |   11 ++--
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp5523.c                |   10 ++--
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp5562.c                |   11 ++--
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.c         |   12 ++--
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp55xx-common.h         |    6 +-
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp8501.c                |   11 ++--
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp8788.c                |   48 +++++++---------
>   drivers/leds/leds-lp8860.c                |   27 +++------
>   drivers/leds/leds-lt3593.c                |   33 ++++-------
>   drivers/leds/leds-max77693.c              |   57 +++----------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-max8997.c               |    1 -
>   drivers/leds/leds-mc13783.c               |   35 +++---------
>   drivers/leds/leds-pca9532.c               |   28 ++++------
>   drivers/leds/leds-pca955x.c               |   39 +++----------
>   drivers/leds/leds-pca963x.c               |   80 ++++++++------------------
>   drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c                   |   34 +++++------
>   drivers/leds/leds-regulator.c             |   46 ++++-----------
>   drivers/leds/leds-tlc591xx.c              |   31 +++-------
>   drivers/leds/leds-wm831x-status.c         |   25 +++------
>   drivers/leds/leds-wm8350.c                |   64 +++++++++------------
>   drivers/leds/leds.h                       |   26 +++------
>   drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-backlight.c  |    8 +--
>   drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-default-on.c |    2 +-
>   drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-gpio.c       |    6 +-
>   drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-heartbeat.c  |    4 +-
>   drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-oneshot.c    |    4 +-
>   drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-transient.c  |    8 +--
>   include/linux/leds.h                      |   31 +++++++---
>   include/linux/mfd/wm8350/pmic.h           |    1 -
>   47 files changed, 512 insertions(+), 979 deletions(-)
>

Applied patches 11-36 from this set.

-- 
Best Regards,
Jacek Anaszewski
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