leds: add led_trigger_rename function
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>
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
index 262eb41..a4fa4bf 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
@@ -166,6 +166,19 @@
}
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)
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index 6e53bb3..8107592 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -139,6 +139,24 @@
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
*/