leds: add led_trigger_rename function
authorFabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@gmail.com>
Sun, 4 Nov 2012 09:54:34 +0000 (01:54 -0800)
committerBryan Wu <cooloney@gmail.com>
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:28:50 +0000 (14:28 -0800)
Implements a "led_trigger_rename" function to rename a trigger with
proper locking.

This assumes that led name was originally allocated in non-constant
storage.

Signed-off-by: Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@gmail.com>
Cc: Kurt Van Dijck <kurt.van.dijck@eia.be>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@gmail.com>
drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
include/linux/leds.h

index 262eb41937102c7814ad95c685393981057d6453..a4fa4bf02d538cdd30711b7ba93558d38cd690bc 100644 (file)
@@ -166,6 +166,19 @@ void led_trigger_set_default(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_set_default);
 
+void led_trigger_rename_static(const char *name, struct led_trigger *trig)
+{
+       /* new name must be on a temporary string to prevent races */
+       BUG_ON(name == trig->name);
+
+       down_write(&triggers_list_lock);
+       /* this assumes that trig->name was originaly allocated to
+        * non constant storage */
+       strcpy((char *)trig->name, name);
+       up_write(&triggers_list_lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_trigger_rename_static);
+
 /* LED Trigger Interface */
 
 int led_trigger_register(struct led_trigger *trig)
index 6e53bb31c220d9f33224f2660bc52a1d9c44f0db..8107592cfc413c7e285cb454d0b430bb2b5f4fa1 100644 (file)
@@ -139,6 +139,24 @@ extern void led_blink_set_oneshot(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 extern void led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
                               enum led_brightness brightness);
 
+/**
+ * led_trigger_rename_static - rename a trigger
+ * @name: the new trigger name
+ * @trig: the LED trigger to rename
+ *
+ * Change a LED trigger name by copying the string passed in
+ * name into current trigger name, which MUST be large
+ * enough for the new string.
+ *
+ * Note that name must NOT point to the same string used
+ * during LED registration, as that could lead to races.
+ *
+ * This is meant to be used on triggers with statically
+ * allocated name.
+ */
+extern void led_trigger_rename_static(const char *name,
+                                     struct led_trigger *trig);
+
 /*
  * LED Triggers
  */