[RFC PATCH v2 00/10] Add configurable block device LED triggers

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Aug 10 12:24:12 EDT 2021


On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 10:55:33AM -0500, Ian Pilcher wrote:
> On 8/10/21 9:48 AM, Greg KH wrote:
> > But what about when the device is removed from the system first?  Be
> > careful about that...
> > 
> > Anyway, sure, try those functions, I really do not know, all I
> > originally complained about was those exports which did not need to be
> > exported.
> 
> Sounds good.  I'll work something up.  (I'm actually thinking that
> class_find_device() may be the best way to go, as it grabs a reference
> to the device.)

There should not be anything "odd" about block devices here, just do
whatever all other LED drivers do when referencing a device.

thanks,

greg k-h



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