[PATCH 1/2] ARM: dts: omap3-overo: Add support for pwm-leds
Florian Vaussard
florian.vaussard at epfl.ch
Thu Jan 24 11:50:04 EST 2013
>> I did it at first, but the led API executes in atomic context, where the
>> pwm-twl-led driver uses i2c communication. Setting a trigger will result in a
>> kernel panic.
>
> Now that you mentioned it, this might be true.
>
[<c0013204>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xec) from [<c00348ac>]
(warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64)
[<c00348ac>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [<c00348e0>]
(warn_slowpath_null+0x1c/0x24)
[<c00348e0>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x1c/0x24) from [<c054d384>]
(__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x6c/0x26c)
[<c054d384>] (__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x6c/0x26c) from [<c054d590>]
(mutex_lock+0xc/0x20)
[<c054d590>] (mutex_lock+0xc/0x20) from [<c02d740c>]
(regmap_bulk_write+0x48/0x138)
[<c02d740c>] (regmap_bulk_write+0x48/0x138) from [<c02de2c0>]
(twl_i2c_write+0xa4/0xf0)
[<c02de2c0>] (twl_i2c_write+0xa4/0xf0) from [<c0299e34>]
(twl4030_pwmled_config+0x70/0x9c)
[<c0299e34>] (twl4030_pwmled_config+0x70/0x9c) from [<c029875c>]
(pwm_config+0x5c/0x6c)
[<c029875c>] (pwm_config+0x5c/0x6c) from [<c039dc04>]
(led_pwm_set+0x28/0x64)
[<c039dc04>] (led_pwm_set+0x28/0x64) from [<c039e27c>]
(led_heartbeat_function+0x10c/0x134)
[<c039e27c>] (led_heartbeat_function+0x10c/0x134) from [<c004359c>]
(call_timer_fn+0x90/0x178)
[<c004359c>] (call_timer_fn+0x90/0x178) from [<c0043994>]
(run_timer_softirq+0x250/0x2c8)
[<c0043994>] (run_timer_softirq+0x250/0x2c8) from [<c003cf78>]
(__do_softirq+0xf8/0x248)
[<c003cf78>] (__do_softirq+0xf8/0x248) from [<c003d154>]
(irq_exit+0x44/0x98)
[<c003d154>] (irq_exit+0x44/0x98) from [<c000e338>] (handle_IRQ+0x68/0x8c)
[<c000e338>] (handle_IRQ+0x68/0x8c) from [<c000870c>]
(omap3_intc_handle_irq+0x58/0x70)
[<c000870c>] (omap3_intc_handle_irq+0x58/0x70) from [<c054f8c0>]
(__irq_svc+0x40/0x70)
Exception stack(0xc077df60 to 0xc077dfa8)
:-)
>> I am working on a patch for pwm-twl-led to defer using a workqueue right now.
>
> Great!
> The only thing I worry about is the latency we are going to get with the
> workqueue.
>
If the latency becomes critical, we can create our own workqueue.
Do we merge anyway this patchset, or do we wait until the trigger has
been fixed?
Florian
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