Add support for optional GPIO-based enable pin control to PWM LED driver.
Some PWM LED driver chips like TPS92380 and LT3743 require a separate
enable signal in addition to PWM control. Implement support for such
GPIO control through the "enable-gpios" device tree property, activating
the pin when LED brightness is non-zero and deactivating it when off.

Tested on i.MX8MP EVK with TPS92380 LED driver chip

Signed-off-by: LI Qingwu <Qing-wu.Li@leica-geosystems.com.cn>
---
 drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
index c73134e7b9514..08a1f735166ad 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/pwm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
 
 struct led_pwm {
 	const char	*name;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ struct led_pwm_data {
 	struct led_classdev	cdev;
 	struct pwm_device	*pwm;
 	struct pwm_state	pwmstate;
+	struct gpio_desc	*enable_gpio;
 	unsigned int		active_low;
 };
 
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ static int led_pwm_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 	if (led_dat->active_low)
 		duty = led_dat->pwmstate.period - duty;
 
+	gpiod_set_value_cansleep(led_dat->enable_gpio, brightness == LED_OFF ? 0 : 1);
+
 	led_dat->pwmstate.duty_cycle = duty;
 	/*
 	 * Disabling a PWM doesn't guarantee that it emits the inactive level.
@@ -132,6 +136,22 @@ static int led_pwm_add(struct device *dev, struct led_pwm_priv *priv,
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Claim the GPIO as GPIOD_ASIS and set the value
+	 * later on to honor the different default states
+	 */
+	led_data->enable_gpio = devm_fwnode_gpiod_get(dev, fwnode, "enable", GPIOD_ASIS, NULL);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(led_data->enable_gpio)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(led_data->enable_gpio) == -ENOENT)
+			/* Enable GPIO is optional */
+			led_data->enable_gpio = NULL;
+		else
+			return PTR_ERR(led_data->enable_gpio);
+	}
+
+	gpiod_direction_output(led_data->enable_gpio, !!led_data->cdev.brightness);
+
 	ret = devm_led_classdev_register_ext(dev, &led_data->cdev, &init_data);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register PWM led for %s: %d\n",
-- 
2.43.0

On Thu, 24 Jul 2025, LI Qingwu wrote:

> Add support for optional GPIO-based enable pin control to PWM LED driver.
> Some PWM LED driver chips like TPS92380 and LT3743 require a separate
> enable signal in addition to PWM control. Implement support for such
> GPIO control through the "enable-gpios" device tree property, activating
> the pin when LED brightness is non-zero and deactivating it when off.
> 
> Tested on i.MX8MP EVK with TPS92380 LED driver chip
> 
> Signed-off-by: LI Qingwu <Qing-wu.Li@leica-geosystems.com.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
> index c73134e7b9514..08a1f735166ad 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-pwm.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #include <linux/err.h>
>  #include <linux/pwm.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>

This list is alphabetical.

>  struct led_pwm {
>  	const char	*name;
> @@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ struct led_pwm_data {
>  	struct led_classdev	cdev;
>  	struct pwm_device	*pwm;
>  	struct pwm_state	pwmstate;
> +	struct gpio_desc	*enable_gpio;
>  	unsigned int		active_low;
>  };
>  
> @@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ static int led_pwm_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
>  	if (led_dat->active_low)
>  		duty = led_dat->pwmstate.period - duty;
>  
> +	gpiod_set_value_cansleep(led_dat->enable_gpio, brightness == LED_OFF ? 0 : 1);

How about the more succinct:

  brightness ? 1 : 0

Or:

  !!brightness

> +
>  	led_dat->pwmstate.duty_cycle = duty;
>  	/*
>  	 * Disabling a PWM doesn't guarantee that it emits the inactive level.
> @@ -132,6 +136,22 @@ static int led_pwm_add(struct device *dev, struct led_pwm_priv *priv,
>  		break;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Claim the GPIO as GPIOD_ASIS and set the value
> +	 * later on to honor the different default states
> +	 */
> +	led_data->enable_gpio = devm_fwnode_gpiod_get(dev, fwnode, "enable", GPIOD_ASIS, NULL);
> +

Remove this line.

> +	if (IS_ERR(led_data->enable_gpio)) {
> +		if (PTR_ERR(led_data->enable_gpio) == -ENOENT)
> +			/* Enable GPIO is optional */
> +			led_data->enable_gpio = NULL;
> +		else
> +			return PTR_ERR(led_data->enable_gpio);
> +	}
> +
> +	gpiod_direction_output(led_data->enable_gpio, !!led_data->cdev.brightness);
> +
>  	ret = devm_led_classdev_register_ext(dev, &led_data->cdev, &init_data);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "failed to register PWM led for %s: %d\n",
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

-- 
Lee Jones [李琼斯]