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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012, Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/can/dev.h>
+
+#include <linux/can/led.h>
+
+static unsigned long led_delay = 50;
+module_param(led_delay, ulong, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(led_delay,
+               "blink delay time for activity leds (msecs, default: 50).");
+
+/* Trigger a LED event in response to a CAN device event */
+void can_led_event(struct net_device *netdev, enum can_led_event event)
+{
+       struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+
+       switch (event) {
+       case CAN_LED_EVENT_OPEN:
+               led_trigger_event(priv->tx_led_trig, LED_FULL);
+               led_trigger_event(priv->rx_led_trig, LED_FULL);
+               break;
+       case CAN_LED_EVENT_STOP:
+               led_trigger_event(priv->tx_led_trig, LED_OFF);
+               led_trigger_event(priv->rx_led_trig, LED_OFF);
+               break;
+       case CAN_LED_EVENT_TX:
+               if (led_delay)
+                       led_trigger_blink_oneshot(priv->tx_led_trig,
+                                                 &led_delay, &led_delay, 1);
+               break;
+       case CAN_LED_EVENT_RX:
+               if (led_delay)
+                       led_trigger_blink_oneshot(priv->rx_led_trig,
+                                                 &led_delay, &led_delay, 1);
+               break;
+       }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(can_led_event);
+
+static void can_led_release(struct device *gendev, void *res)
+{
+       struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(to_net_dev(gendev));
+
+       led_trigger_unregister_simple(priv->tx_led_trig);
+       led_trigger_unregister_simple(priv->rx_led_trig);
+}
+
+/* Register CAN LED triggers for a CAN device
+ *
+ * This is normally called from a driver's probe function
+ */
+void devm_can_led_init(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+       struct can_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+       void *res;
+
+       res = devres_alloc(can_led_release, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!res) {
+               netdev_err(netdev, "cannot register LED triggers\n");
+               return;
+       }
+
+       snprintf(priv->tx_led_trig_name, sizeof(priv->tx_led_trig_name),
+                "%s-tx", netdev->name);
+       snprintf(priv->rx_led_trig_name, sizeof(priv->rx_led_trig_name),
+                "%s-rx", netdev->name);
+
+       led_trigger_register_simple(priv->tx_led_trig_name,
+                                   &priv->tx_led_trig);
+       led_trigger_register_simple(priv->rx_led_trig_name,
+                                   &priv->rx_led_trig);
+
+       devres_add(&netdev->dev, res);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_can_led_init);
 
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012, Fabio Baltieri <fabio.baltieri@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef CAN_LED_H
+#define CAN_LED_H
+
+#include <linux/if.h>
+#include <linux/leds.h>
+
+enum can_led_event {
+       CAN_LED_EVENT_OPEN,
+       CAN_LED_EVENT_STOP,
+       CAN_LED_EVENT_TX,
+       CAN_LED_EVENT_RX,
+};
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CAN_LEDS
+
+/* keep space for interface name + "-tx"/"-rx" suffix and null terminator */
+#define CAN_LED_NAME_SZ (IFNAMSIZ + 4)
+
+void can_led_event(struct net_device *netdev, enum can_led_event event);
+void devm_can_led_init(struct net_device *netdev);
+
+#else
+
+static inline void can_led_event(struct net_device *netdev,
+                                enum can_led_event event)
+{
+}
+static inline void devm_can_led_init(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#endif