1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
3 * led_hw_brightness_mon.c
5 * This program monitors LED brightness level changes having its origin
6 * in hardware/firmware, i.e. outside of kernel control.
7 * A timestamp and brightness value is printed each time the brightness changes.
9 * Usage: led_hw_brightness_mon <device-name>
11 * <device-name> is the name of the LED class device to be monitored. Pressing
24 #include <linux/uleds.h>
26 int main(int argc
, char const *argv
[])
29 char brightness_file_path
[LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE
+ 11];
35 fprintf(stderr
, "Requires <device-name> argument\n");
39 snprintf(brightness_file_path
, LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE
,
40 "/sys/class/leds/%s/brightness_hw_changed", argv
[1]);
42 fd
= open(brightness_file_path
, O_RDONLY
);
44 printf("Failed to open %s file\n", brightness_file_path
);
49 * read may fail if no hw brightness change has occurred so far,
50 * but it is required to avoid spurious poll notifications in
53 read(fd
, buf
, sizeof(buf
));
56 pollfd
.events
= POLLPRI
;
59 ret
= poll(&pollfd
, 1, -1);
61 printf("Failed to poll %s file (%d)\n",
62 brightness_file_path
, ret
);
67 clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC
, &ts
);
69 ret
= read(fd
, buf
, sizeof(buf
));
73 ret
= lseek(pollfd
.fd
, 0, SEEK_SET
);
75 printf("lseek failed (%d)\n", ret
);
79 printf("[%ld.%09ld] %d\n", ts
.tv_sec
, ts
.tv_nsec
, atoi(buf
));