--- /dev/null
+Userspace LEDs
+==============
+
+The uleds driver supports userspace LEDs. This can be useful for testing
+triggers and can also be used to implement virtual LEDs.
+
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+When the driver is loaded, a character device is created at /dev/uleds. To
+create a new LED class device, open /dev/uleds and write a uleds_user_dev
+structure to it (found in kernel public header file linux/uleds.h).
+
+ #define ULEDS_MAX_NAME_SIZE 80
+
+ struct uleds_user_dev {
+ char name[ULEDS_MAX_NAME_SIZE];
+ };
+
+A new LED class device will be created with the name given. The name can be
+any valid file name, but consider using the LED class naming convention of
+"devicename:color:function".
+
+The current brightness is found by reading a single byte from the character
+device. Values are unsigned: 0 to 255. Reading does not block and always returns
+the most recent brightness value. The device node can also be polled to notify
+when the brightness value changes.
+
+The LED class device will be removed when the open file handle to /dev/uleds
+is closed.
+
+
+Example
+=======
+
+/*
+ * uledmon.c
+ *
+ * This program creates a new userspace LED class device and monitors it. A
+ * timestamp and brightness value is printed each time the brightness changes.
+ *
+ * Usage: uledmon <device-name>
+ *
+ * <device-name> is the name of the LED class device to be created. Pressing
+ * CTRL+C will exit.
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <linux/uleds.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
+{
+ struct uleds_user_dev uleds_dev;
+ int fd, ret;
+ struct pollfd pfd;
+ unsigned char brightness;
+ struct timespec ts;
+
+ if (argc != 2) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Requires <device-name> argument\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ strncpy(uleds_dev.name, argv[1], ULEDS_MAX_NAME_SIZE);
+
+ fd = open("/dev/uleds", O_RDWR);
+ if (fd == -1) {
+ perror("Failed to open /dev/uleds");
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ ret = write(fd, &uleds_dev, sizeof(uleds_dev));
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ perror("Failed to write to /dev/uleds");
+ close(fd);
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ pfd.fd = fd;
+ pfd.events = POLLIN;
+ pfd.revents = 0;
+
+ while (!(pfd.revents & (POLLERR | POLLHUP | POLLNVAL))) {
+ ret = read(fd, &brightness, 1);
+ if (ret == -1) {
+ perror("Failed to read from /dev/uleds");
+ close(fd);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
+ printf("[%ld.%09ld] %u\n", ts.tv_sec, ts.tv_nsec, brightness);
+ poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
+ }
+
+ close(fd);
+
+ return 0;
+}
--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * Userspace driver for the LED subsystem
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
+ *
+ * Based on uinput.c: Aristeu Sergio Rozanski Filho <aris@cathedrallabs.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/leds.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/uleds.h>
+
+#define ULEDS_NAME "uleds"
+
+enum uleds_state {
+ ULEDS_STATE_UNKNOWN,
+ ULEDS_STATE_REGISTERED,
+};
+
+struct uleds_device {
+ struct uleds_user_dev user_dev;
+ struct led_classdev led_cdev;
+ struct mutex mutex;
+ enum uleds_state state;
+ wait_queue_head_t waitq;
+ unsigned char brightness;
+ unsigned char new_data;
+};
+
+static void uleds_brightness_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
+ enum led_brightness brightness)
+{
+ struct uleds_device *udev = container_of(led_cdev, struct uleds_device,
+ led_cdev);
+
+ if (udev->brightness != brightness) {
+ udev->brightness = brightness;
+ udev->new_data = 1;
+ wake_up_interruptible(&udev->waitq);
+ }
+}
+
+static int uleds_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct uleds_device *udev;
+
+ udev = kzalloc(sizeof(*udev), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!udev)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ udev->led_cdev.name = udev->user_dev.name;
+ udev->led_cdev.max_brightness = LED_FULL;
+ udev->led_cdev.brightness_set = uleds_brightness_set;
+
+ mutex_init(&udev->mutex);
+ init_waitqueue_head(&udev->waitq);
+ udev->state = ULEDS_STATE_UNKNOWN;
+
+ file->private_data = udev;
+ nonseekable_open(inode, file);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t uleds_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
+ size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct uleds_device *udev = file->private_data;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (count == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&udev->mutex);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ if (udev->state == ULEDS_STATE_REGISTERED) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (count != sizeof(struct uleds_user_dev)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&udev->user_dev, buffer,
+ sizeof(struct uleds_user_dev))) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (!udev->user_dev.name[0]) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ ret = led_classdev_register(NULL, &udev->led_cdev);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ udev->state = ULEDS_STATE_REGISTERED;
+ ret = count;
+
+out:
+ mutex_unlock(&udev->mutex);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t uleds_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer, size_t count,
+ loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ struct uleds_device *udev = file->private_data;
+ ssize_t retval;
+
+ if (count == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (count != 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ do {
+ retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&udev->mutex);
+ if (retval)
+ return retval;
+
+ if (udev->state != ULEDS_STATE_REGISTERED) {
+ retval = -ENODEV;
+ } else if (!udev->new_data && (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
+ retval = -EAGAIN;
+ } else {
+ retval = copy_to_user(buffer, &udev->brightness, 1);
+ udev->new_data = 0;
+ retval = 1;
+ }
+
+ mutex_unlock(&udev->mutex);
+
+ if (retval || count == 0)
+ break;
+
+ if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
+ retval = wait_event_interruptible(udev->waitq,
+ udev->new_data ||
+ udev->state != ULEDS_STATE_REGISTERED);
+ } while (retval == 0);
+
+ return retval;
+}
+
+static unsigned int uleds_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
+{
+ struct uleds_device *udev = file->private_data;
+
+ poll_wait(file, &udev->waitq, wait);
+
+ if (udev->new_data)
+ return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int uleds_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ struct uleds_device *udev = file->private_data;
+
+ if (udev->state == ULEDS_STATE_REGISTERED) {
+ udev->state = ULEDS_STATE_UNKNOWN;
+ led_classdev_unregister(&udev->led_cdev);
+ }
+ kfree(udev);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations uleds_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .open = uleds_open,
+ .release = uleds_release,
+ .read = uleds_read,
+ .write = uleds_write,
+ .poll = uleds_poll,
+ .llseek = no_llseek,
+};
+
+static struct miscdevice uleds_misc = {
+ .fops = &uleds_fops,
+ .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+ .name = ULEDS_NAME,
+};
+
+static int __init uleds_init(void)
+{
+ return misc_register(&uleds_misc);
+}
+module_init(uleds_init);
+
+static void __exit uleds_exit(void)
+{
+ misc_deregister(&uleds_misc);
+}
+module_exit(uleds_exit);
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Userspace driver for the LED subsystem");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");