led subsystem · Maintained

Maintainers

• M Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
• M Pavel Machek <pavel@kernel.org>

Paths

• F Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/
• F Documentation/leds/
• F drivers/leds/
• F include/dt-bindings/leds/
• F include/linux/leds.h

Last 30 days

Most active threads (last 7 days)

• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] docs: leds: uleds: Make the documentation match the code.
  2026-06-22 12:55 · 0 replies in 7d · Björn Persson <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: clock: Drop incorrect usage of double '::'
  2026-06-22 10:16 · 1 reply in 7d · Krzysztof Kozlowski <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 0/9] leds: st1202: fix multiple bugs in pattern engine and brightness handling
  2026-06-18 20:42 · 9 replies in 7d · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 0/9] leds: st1202: fix multiple bugs in pattern engine and brightness handling
  2026-06-18 15:34 · 9 replies in 7d · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] leds: lp5860-spi: Fix an error handling path
  2026-06-20 15:54 · 0 replies in 7d · Christophe JAILLET <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] leds: lp5860: Fix a potential double-unlock
  2026-06-20 15:53 · 0 replies in 7d · Christophe JAILLET <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH RFC v2 0/9] leds: Add support for hardware-initiated hardware control trigger transition
  2026-06-17 16:49 · 6 replies in 7d · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v5 0/2] Add support for LTC3208 multi-display driver
  2026-06-18 22:46 · 2 replies in 7d · Jan Carlo Roleda <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] leds: pwm: Annotate leds[] with __counted_by()
  2026-06-19 16:21 · 0 replies in 7d · Mert Seftali <hidden>
• COOLING5d [PATCH v5 00/14] mfd: lm3533: convert to OF bindings, improve support
  2026-06-17 08:01 · 5 replies in 7d · Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>

Active reviewers (last 30 days)

• Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
  4 attestations (4 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-17
• Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>
  4 attestations (1 Acked-by, 3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-16
• Krzysztof Kozlowski <hidden>
  3 attestations (3 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-06-18
• kernel test robot <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-06-18
• Dan Carpenter <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Reported-by) · last on 2026-06-18
• Pawel Zalewski <hidden>
  2 attestations (2 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-07
• Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
  2 attestations (2 Reviewed-by) · last on 2026-05-28
• Lucca Fachinetti <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-06-07
• Svyatoslav Ryhel <hidden>
  1 attestation (1 Co-developed-by) · last on 2026-05-28

Recent patches

Most-recent 30 patches in this subsystem on linux-leds (capped at 30), ordered by date desc.

• HOTtoday [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: Drop incorrect usage of double '::'
  2026-06-22 · Krzysztof Kozlowski <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] leds: lp5860-spi: Fix an error handling path
  2026-06-20 · Christophe JAILLET <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] leds: lp5860: Fix a potential double-unlock
  2026-06-20 · Christophe JAILLET <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH] leds: pwm: Annotate leds[] with __counted_by()
  2026-06-19 · Mert Seftali <hidden>
• HOTtoday REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: Document LTC3208 Multidisplay LED Driver
  2026-06-18 · Jan Carlo Roleda <hidden>
• HOTtoday [PATCH v5 2/2] leds: ltc3208: Add driver for LTC3208 Multidisplay LED Driver
  2026-06-18 · Jan Carlo Roleda <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v5 9/9] leds: st1202: correct and extend hw_pattern documentation
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 8/9] leds: st1202: validate LED reg property against channel count
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 7/9] leds: st1202: disable channel when brightness is set to zero
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 6/9] leds: st1202: fix brightness having no effect while pattern mode is active
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 5/9] leds: st1202: fix spurious pattern sequence start in setup
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 4/9] leds: st1202: restore Pattern0 PWM to full on after clearing pattern
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 3/9] leds: st1202: fix pattern duration prescaler and pattern_clear skip marker
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 2/9] leds: st1202: validate pattern input before stopping the sequence
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v5 1/9] leds: st1202: stop pattern sequence before reprogramming
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v4 9/9] leds: st1202: correct and extend hw_pattern documentation
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 8/9] leds: st1202: validate LED reg property against channel count
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 7/9] leds: st1202: disable channel when brightness is set to zero
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 6/9] leds: st1202: fix brightness having no effect while pattern mode is active
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 5/9] leds: st1202: fix spurious pattern sequence start in setup
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 4/9] leds: st1202: restore Pattern0 PWM to full on after clearing pattern
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 3/9] leds: st1202: fix pattern duration prescaler and pattern_clear skip marker
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 2/9] leds: st1202: validate pattern input before stopping the sequence
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• WARM3d [PATCH v4 1/9] leds: st1202: stop pattern sequence before reprogramming
  2026-06-18 · Manuel Fombuena <hidden>
• DORMANTno replies [PATCH v2] leds: lp5860: Return an error for an out-of-range 'reg' property
  2026-06-18 · Mert Seftali <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH RFC v2 6/9] leds: trigger: Add led_trigger_notify_hw_control_changed() interface
  2026-06-17 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH RFC v2 5/9] leds: Add trigger_may_offload attribute
  2026-06-17 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH RFC v2 4/9] leds: trigger: netdev: Implement offloaded() callback
  2026-06-17 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH RFC v2 3/9] leds: turris-omnia: Implement offloaded() callback for trigger
  2026-06-17 · Rong Zhang <hidden>
• COOLING4d [PATCH RFC v2 2/9] leds: cros_ec: Implement offloaded() callback for trigger
  2026-06-17 · Rong Zhang <hidden>

Needs attention (review trailers in, no pickup)

Patches with review trailers that haven't landed in mainline and haven't been Acked by a maintainer. Oldest first.

• STALE164d REVIEWED: 1 (1M) [PATCH v2] leds: expresswire: Fix chip state breakage
  2025-12-17 · Duje Mihanović <hidden> · 1 Tested-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v3] dt-bindings: leds: Allow differently named multicolor leds
  2026-01-01 · J. Neuschäfer via B4 Relay <devnull+j.ne.posteo.net@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE163d REVIEWED: 1 (0M) [PATCH v2 1/7] dt-bindings: backlight: qcom-wled: Document ovp values for PMI8994
  2026-01-08 · Barnabás Czémán <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE96d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v3 3/7] dt-bindings: backlight: qcom-wled: Document ovp values for PMI8950
  2026-01-16 · Barnabás Czémán <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by
• STALE96d REVIEWED: 2 (0M) [PATCH v3 1/7] dt-bindings: backlight: qcom-wled: Document ovp values for PMI8994
  2026-01-16 · Barnabás Czémán <hidden> · 2 Reviewed-by
• STALE147d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v4 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: Add LTC3220 18 channel LED Driver
  2026-01-26 · Edelweise Escala <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE73d REVIEWED: 3 (3M) [PATCH v5 1/2] dt-bindings: leds: Add LTC3220 18 channel LED Driver
  2026-01-26 · Edelweise Escala <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by
• STALE84d REVIEWED: 9 (8M) [PATCH v2 6/7] dt-bindings: leds: irled: ir-spi-led: Add new duty-cycle value
  2026-03-29 · Biswapriyo Nath <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by
• COLD39d REVIEWED: 9 (8M) [PATCH v3 6/7] dt-bindings: leds: irled: ir-spi-led: Add new duty-cycle value
  2026-03-30 · Biswapriyo Nath <hidden> · 1 Reviewed-by, 1 Acked-by
• COLD33d REVIEWED: 7 (7M) [PATCH v8 1/4] dt-bindings: backlight: Add max25014 support
  2026-04-07 · Maud Spierings via B4 Relay <devnull+maudspierings.gocontroll.com@kernel.org> · 1 Reviewed-by

Quiet for 30+ days

Patches with no review trailers and no replies. Either the author is heads-down elsewhere or these slipped through. Oldest first.

• STALE180d [PATCH v11 2/2] leds: as3668: Driver for the ams Osram 4-channel i2c LED driver
  2025-11-25 · Lukas Timmermann <linux@timmermann.space>
• STALE205d [PATCH v12 2/2] leds: as3668: Driver for the ams Osram 4-channel i2c LED driver
  2025-11-28 · Lukas Timmermann <linux@timmermann.space>
• STALE199d [PATCH v19 2/3] leds: add basic support for TI/National Semiconductor LP5812 LED Driver
  2025-11-30 · Nam Tran <trannamatk@gmail.com>
• STALE199d [PATCH v19 3/3] docs: leds: Document TI LP5812 LED driver
  2025-11-30 · Nam Tran <trannamatk@gmail.com>
• STALE165d [PATCH v6 2/2] leds: add support for TI LP5860 LED driver chip
  2025-12-01 · Steffen Trumtrar <hidden>
• STALE151d [PATCH v13 2/2] leds: as3668: Driver for the ams Osram 4-channel i2c LED driver
  2025-12-01 · Lukas Timmermann <linux@timmermann.space>
• STALE178d [PATCH v9 5/6] leds: Add support for RTL8231 LED scan matrix
  2025-12-15 · Sander Vanheule <sander@svanheule.net>
• STALE164d [PATCH v4 2/3] leds: is31f132xx: re-order code to remove forward declarations
  2025-12-19 · Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
• STALE164d [PATCH v4 3/3] leds: is31f132xx: add support for is31fl3293
  2025-12-19 · Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
• STALE163d [PATCH v20 2/3] leds: add basic support for TI/National Semiconductor LP5812 LED Driver
  2025-12-21 · Nam Tran <trannamatk@gmail.com>