[PATCH v7 08/13] leds: trigger: netdev: Implement hw_offloaded() callback

From: Rong Zhang

Date: Sun Sep 20 2026 - 16:06:21 EST


"netdev" can run in hardware control according to hardware capabilities
and trigger options.

Implement hw_offloaded() callback to provide its hardware control state
to the LED core, and document the relation between the custom
"offloaded" attribute and the generic "trigger_may_offload_to_hw"
attribute.

The callback mimics how the existing "offloaded" attribute does, i.e.,
locklessly reads hw_control, as it's just a hint and don't need to be
accurate.

Acked-by: Ike Panhc <ikepanhc@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rong Zhang <i@xxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v7:
- Rename the offloaded() callback to hw_offloaded() (thanks Lee Jones)
- Rename the trigger_may_offload attribute to
trigger_may_offload_to_hw (ditto)

Changes in v3:
- Do not deprecate netdev's "offloaded" attribute (thanks Thomas
Weißschuh)
- Document the relation between the custom "offloaded" attribute and the
generic "trigger_may_offload" attribute (ditto)
---
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led | 3 +++
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-netdev | 3 +++
drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led
index 123e3a15b7d6..ea113fed10ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ Description:
- `[foo_trigger]`: the trigger is selected and offloaded to
hardware.

+ The "netdev" trigger also provides a custom attribute to
+ indicate its state, see `/sys/class/leds/<led>/offloaded`.
+
What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/inverted
Date: January 2011
KernelVersion: 2.6.38
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-netdev b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-netdev
index ed46b37ab8a2..203ea58396ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-netdev
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-netdev
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ Description:
If 1, the LED blinking in requested mode is offloaded to
hardware.

+ LED trigger core also provides a generic attribute for this
+ purpose, see `/sys/class/leds/<led>/trigger_may_offload_to_hw`.
+
What: /sys/class/leds/<led>/link_10
Date: Jun 2023
KernelVersion: 6.5
diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
index 5b4e92c14dbb..60409f054e22 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-netdev.c
@@ -798,10 +798,18 @@ static void netdev_trig_deactivate(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
kfree(trigger_data);
}

+static bool netdev_trig_hw_offloaded(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
+{
+ struct led_netdev_data *trigger_data = led_get_trigger_data(led_cdev);
+
+ return trigger_data->hw_control;
+}
+
static struct led_trigger netdev_led_trigger = {
.name = "netdev",
.activate = netdev_trig_activate,
.deactivate = netdev_trig_deactivate,
+ .hw_offloaded = netdev_trig_hw_offloaded,
.groups = netdev_trig_groups,
};


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