diff --git a/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst b/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst
index df0120a1ee3c..a0708d3f3d0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst
+++ b/Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst
@@ -43,9 +43,73 @@ LED Device Naming
 
 Is currently of the form:
 
-	"devicename:colour:function"
+	"devicename:color:function"
 
-There have been calls for LED properties such as colour to be exported as
+- devicename:
+        it should refer to a unique identifier created by the kernel,
+        like e.g. phyN for network devices or inputN for input devices, rather
+        than to the hardware; the information related to the product and the bus
+        to which given device is hooked is available in sysfs and can be
+        retrieved using get_led_device_info.sh script from tools/leds; generally
+        this section is expected mostly for LEDs that are somehow associated with
+        other devices.
+
+- color:
+        one of LED_COLOR_ID_* definitions from the header
+        include/dt-bindings/leds/common.h.
+
+- function:
+        one of LED_FUNCTION_* definitions from the header
+        include/dt-bindings/leds/common.h.
+
+If required color or function is missing, please submit a patch
+to linux-leds@vger.kernel.org.
+
+It is possible that more than one LED with the same color and function will
+be required for given platform, differing only with an ordinal number.
+In this case it is preferable to just concatenate the predefined LED_FUNCTION_*
+name with required "-N" suffix in the driver. fwnode based drivers can use
+function-enumerator property for that and then the concatenation will be handled
+automatically by the LED core upon LED class device registration.
+
+LED subsystem has also a protection against name clash, that may occur
+when LED class device is created by a driver of hot-pluggable device and
+it doesn't provide unique devicename section. In this case numerical
+suffix (e.g. "_1", "_2", "_3" etc.) is added to the requested LED class
+device name.
+
+There might be still LED class drivers around using vendor or product name
+for devicename, but this approach is now deprecated as it doesn't convey
+any added value. Product information can be found in other places in sysfs
+(see tools/leds/get_led_device_info.sh).
+
+Examples of proper LED names:
+
+  - "red:disk"
+  - "white:flash"
+  - "red:indicator"
+  - "phy1:green:wlan"
+  - "phy3::wlan"
+  - ":kbd_backlight"
+  - "input5::kbd_backlight"
+  - "input3::numlock"
+  - "input3::scrolllock"
+  - "input3::capslock"
+  - "mmc1::status"
+  - "white:status"
+
+get_led_device_info.sh script can be used for verifying if the LED name
+meets the requirements pointed out here. It performs validation of the LED class
+devicename sections and gives hints on expected value for a section in case
+the validation fails for it. So far the script supports validation
+of associations between LEDs and following types of devices:
+
+        - input devices
+        - ieee80211 compliant USB devices
+
+The script is open to extensions.
+
+There have been calls for LED properties such as color to be exported as
 individual led class attributes. As a solution which doesn't incur as much
 overhead, I suggest these become part of the device name. The naming scheme
 above leaves scope for further attributes should they be needed. If sections
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-class.c b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
index 242122f49333..508d6477d0b8 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-class.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-class.c
@@ -254,17 +254,31 @@ int led_classdev_register_ext(struct device *parent,
 			      struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 			      struct led_init_data *init_data)
 {
-	char name[LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE];
+	char composed_name[LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE];
+	char final_name[LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE];
+	const char *proposed_name = composed_name;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = led_classdev_next_name(led_cdev->name, name, sizeof(name));
+	if (init_data) {
+		if (init_data->devname_mandatory && !init_data->devicename) {
+			dev_err(parent, "Mandatory device name is missing");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		ret = led_compose_name(parent, init_data, composed_name);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			return ret;
+	} else {
+		proposed_name = led_cdev->name;
+	}
+
+	ret = led_classdev_next_name(proposed_name, final_name, sizeof(final_name));
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
 	mutex_init(&led_cdev->led_access);
 	mutex_lock(&led_cdev->led_access);
 	led_cdev->dev = device_create_with_groups(leds_class, parent, 0,
-				led_cdev, led_cdev->groups, "%s", name);
+				led_cdev, led_cdev->groups, "%s", final_name);
 	if (IS_ERR(led_cdev->dev)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&led_cdev->led_access);
 		return PTR_ERR(led_cdev->dev);
diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-core.c b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
index 7107cd7e87cf..f0c1c403f678 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/led-core.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/led-core.c
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/uleds.h>
 #include "leds.h"
 
 DECLARE_RWSEM(leds_list_lock);
@@ -23,6 +25,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(leds_list_lock);
 LIST_HEAD(leds_list);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(leds_list);
 
+const char * const led_colors[LED_COLOR_ID_MAX] = {
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_WHITE] = "white",
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_RED] = "red",
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN] = "green",
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE] = "blue",
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_AMBER] = "amber",
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_VIOLET] = "violet",
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_YELLOW] = "yellow",
+	[LED_COLOR_ID_IR] = "ir",
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_colors);
+
 static int __led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 				enum led_brightness value)
 {
@@ -353,3 +367,116 @@ void led_sysfs_enable(struct led_classdev *led_cdev)
 	led_cdev->flags &= ~LED_SYSFS_DISABLE;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_sysfs_enable);
+
+static void led_parse_fwnode_props(struct device *dev,
+				   struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+				   struct led_properties *props)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!fwnode)
+		return;
+
+	if (fwnode_property_present(fwnode, "label")) {
+		ret = fwnode_property_read_string(fwnode, "label", &props->label);
+		if (ret)
+			dev_err(dev, "Error parsing 'label' property (%d)\n", ret);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (fwnode_property_present(fwnode, "color")) {
+		ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(fwnode, "color", &props->color);
+		if (ret)
+			dev_err(dev, "Error parsing 'color' property (%d)\n", ret);
+		else if (props->color >= LED_COLOR_ID_MAX)
+			dev_err(dev, "LED color identifier out of range\n");
+		else
+			props->color_present = true;
+	}
+
+
+	if (!fwnode_property_present(fwnode, "function"))
+		return;
+
+	ret = fwnode_property_read_string(fwnode, "function", &props->function);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev,
+			"Error parsing 'function' property (%d)\n",
+			ret);
+	}
+
+	if (!fwnode_property_present(fwnode, "function-enumerator"))
+		return;
+
+	ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(fwnode, "function-enumerator",
+				       &props->func_enum);
+	if (ret) {
+		dev_err(dev,
+			"Error parsing 'function-enumerator' property (%d)\n",
+			ret);
+	} else {
+		props->func_enum_present = true;
+	}
+}
+
+int led_compose_name(struct device *dev, struct led_init_data *init_data,
+		     char *led_classdev_name)
+{
+	struct led_properties props = {};
+	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode = init_data->fwnode;
+	const char *devicename = init_data->devicename;
+
+	if (!led_classdev_name)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	led_parse_fwnode_props(dev, fwnode, &props);
+
+	if (props.label) {
+		/*
+		 * If init_data.devicename is NULL, then it indicates that
+		 * DT label should be used as-is for LED class device name.
+		 * Otherwise the label is prepended with devicename to compose
+		 * the final LED class device name.
+		 */
+		if (!devicename) {
+			strscpy(led_classdev_name, props.label,
+				LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE);
+		} else {
+			snprintf(led_classdev_name, LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE, "%s:%s",
+				 devicename, props.label);
+		}
+	} else if (props.function || props.color_present) {
+		char tmp_buf[LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE];
+
+		if (props.func_enum_present) {
+			snprintf(tmp_buf, LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE, "%s:%s-%d",
+				 props.color_present ? led_colors[props.color] : "",
+				 props.function ?: "", props.func_enum);
+		} else {
+			snprintf(tmp_buf, LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE, "%s:%s",
+				 props.color_present ? led_colors[props.color] : "",
+				 props.function ?: "");
+		}
+		if (init_data->devname_mandatory) {
+			snprintf(led_classdev_name, LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE, "%s:%s",
+				 devicename, tmp_buf);
+		} else {
+			strscpy(led_classdev_name, tmp_buf, LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE);
+
+		}
+	} else if (init_data->default_label) {
+		if (!devicename) {
+			dev_err(dev, "Legacy LED naming requires devicename segment");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		snprintf(led_classdev_name, LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE, "%s:%s",
+			 devicename, init_data->default_label);
+	} else if (is_of_node(fwnode)) {
+		strscpy(led_classdev_name, to_of_node(fwnode)->name,
+			LED_MAX_NAME_SIZE);
+	} else
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(led_compose_name);
diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds.h b/drivers/leds/leds.h
index 47b229469069..0b577cece8f7 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds.h
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds.h
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ void led_set_brightness_nosleep(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 extern struct rw_semaphore leds_list_lock;
 extern struct list_head leds_list;
 extern struct list_head trigger_list;
+extern const char * const led_colors[LED_COLOR_ID_MAX];
 
 #endif	/* __LEDS_H_INCLUDED */
diff --git a/include/linux/leds.h b/include/linux/leds.h
index 2bbe8a38fe39..d101fd13e18e 100644
--- a/include/linux/leds.h
+++ b/include/linux/leds.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_LEDS_H_INCLUDED
 #define __LINUX_LEDS_H_INCLUDED
 
+#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/kernfs.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
@@ -33,6 +34,25 @@ enum led_brightness {
 struct led_init_data {
 	/* device fwnode handle */
 	struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
+	/*
+	 * default <color:function> tuple, for backward compatibility
+	 * with in-driver hard-coded LED names used as a fallback when
+	 * DT "label" property is absent; it should be set to NULL
+	 * in new LED class drivers.
+	 */
+	const char *default_label;
+	/*
+	 * string to be used for devicename section of LED class device
+	 * either for label based LED name composition path or for fwnode
+	 * based when devname_mandatory is true
+	 */
+	const char *devicename;
+	/*
+	 * indicates if LED name should always comprise devicename section;
+	 * only LEDs exposed by drivers of hot-pluggable devices should
+	 * set it to true
+	 */
+	bool devname_mandatory;
 };
 
 struct led_classdev {
@@ -257,6 +277,22 @@ extern void led_sysfs_disable(struct led_classdev *led_cdev);
  */
 extern void led_sysfs_enable(struct led_classdev *led_cdev);
 
+/**
+ * led_compose_name - compose LED class device name
+ * @dev: LED controller device object
+ * @child: child fwnode_handle describing a LED or a group of synchronized LEDs;
+ *	   it must be provided only for fwnode based LEDs
+ * @led_classdev_name: composed LED class device name
+ *
+ * Create LED class device name basing on the provided init_data argument.
+ * The name can have <devicename:color:function> or <color:function>.
+ * form, depending on the init_data configuration.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success or negative error value on failure
+ */
+extern int led_compose_name(struct device *dev, struct led_init_data *init_data,
+			    char *led_classdev_name);
+
 /**
  * led_sysfs_is_disabled - check if LED sysfs interface is disabled
  * @led_cdev: the LED to query
@@ -434,6 +470,15 @@ struct led_platform_data {
 	struct led_info	*leds;
 };
 
+struct led_properties {
+	u32		color;
+	bool		color_present;
+	const char	*function;
+	u32		func_enum;
+	bool		func_enum_present;
+	const char	*label;
+};
+
 struct gpio_desc;
 typedef int (*gpio_blink_set_t)(struct gpio_desc *desc, int state,
 				unsigned long *delay_on,
diff --git a/tools/leds/get_led_device_info.sh b/tools/leds/get_led_device_info.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..ccfa442db5fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/leds/get_led_device_info.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+led_common_defs_path="include/dt-bindings/leds/common.h"
+
+num_args=$#
+if [ $num_args -eq 1 ]; then
+        linux_top=$(dirname `realpath $0` | awk -F/     \
+                        '{                              \
+                                i=1;                    \
+                                while (i <= NF - 2) {   \
+                                        printf $i"/";   \
+                                        i++;            \
+                                };                      \
+                        }')
+	led_defs_path=$linux_top/$led_common_defs_path
+elif [ $num_args -eq 2 ]; then
+        led_defs_path=`realpath $2`
+else
+	echo "Usage: get_led_device_info.sh LED_CDEV_PATH [LED_COMMON_DEFS_PATH]"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f $led_defs_path ]; then
+	echo "$led_defs_path doesn't exist"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+led_cdev_path=`echo $1 | sed s'/\/$//'`
+
+ls "$led_cdev_path/brightness" > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "Device \"$led_cdev_path\" does not exist."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+bus=`readlink $led_cdev_path/device/subsystem | sed s'/.*\///'`
+usb_subdev=`readlink $led_cdev_path | grep usb | sed s'/\(.*usb[0-9]*\/[0-9]*-[0-9]*\)\/.*/\1/'`
+ls "$led_cdev_path/device/of_node/compatible" > /dev/null 2>&1
+of_node_missing=$?
+
+if [ "$bus" = "input" ]; then
+	input_node=`readlink $led_cdev_path/device | sed s'/.*\///'`
+	if [ ! -z "$usb_subdev" ]; then
+		bus="usb"
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$bus" = "usb" ]; then
+	usb_interface=`readlink $led_cdev_path | sed s'/.*\(usb[0-9]*\)/\1/' | cut -d\/ -f3`
+	cd $led_cdev_path/../$usb_subdev
+	driver=`readlink $usb_interface/driver | sed s'/.*\///'`
+	if [ -d "$usb_interface/ieee80211" ]; then
+		wifi_phy=`ls -l $usb_interface/ieee80211 | grep phy | awk '{print $9}'`
+	fi
+	idVendor=`cat idVendor`
+	idProduct=`cat idProduct`
+	manufacturer=`cat manufacturer`
+	product=`cat product`
+elif [ "$bus" = "input" ]; then
+	cd $led_cdev_path
+	product=`cat device/name`
+	driver=`cat device/device/driver/description`
+elif [ $of_node_missing -eq 0 ]; then
+	cd $led_cdev_path
+	compatible=`cat device/of_node/compatible`
+	if [ "$compatible" = "gpio-leds" ]; then
+		driver="leds-gpio"
+	elif [ "$compatible" = "pwm-leds" ]; then
+		driver="leds-pwm"
+	else
+		manufacturer=`echo $compatible | awk -F, '{print $1}'`
+		product=`echo $compatible | awk -F, '{print $2}'`
+	fi
+else
+	echo "Unknown device type."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+printf "\n#####################################\n"
+printf "# LED class device hardware details #\n"
+printf "#####################################\n\n"
+
+printf "bus:\t\t\t$bus\n"
+
+if [ ! -z "$idVendor" ]; then
+	printf "idVendor:\t\t$idVendor\n"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$idProduct" ]; then
+	printf "idProduct:\t\t$idProduct\n"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$manufacturer" ]; then
+	printf "manufacturer:\t\t$manufacturer\n"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$product" ]; then
+	printf "product:\t\t$product\n"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$driver" ]; then
+	printf "driver:\t\t\t$driver\n"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$input_node" ]; then
+	printf "associated input node:\t$input_node\n"
+fi
+
+printf "\n####################################\n"
+printf "# LED class device name validation #\n"
+printf "####################################\n\n"
+
+led_name=`echo $led_cdev_path | sed s'/.*\///'`
+
+num_sections=`echo $led_name | awk -F: '{print NF}'`
+
+if [ $num_sections -eq 1 ]; then
+	printf "\":\" delimiter not detected.\t[ FAILED ]\n"
+	exit 1
+elif [ $num_sections -eq 2 ]; then
+	color=`echo $led_name | cut -d: -f1`
+	function=`echo $led_name | cut -d: -f2`
+elif [ $num_sections -eq 3 ]; then
+	devicename=`echo $led_name | cut -d: -f1`
+	color=`echo $led_name | cut -d: -f2`
+	function=`echo $led_name | cut -d: -f3`
+else
+	printf "Detected %d sections in the LED class device name - should the script be updated?\n" $num_sections
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+S_DEV="devicename"
+S_CLR="color     "
+S_FUN="function  "
+status_tab=20
+
+print_msg_ok()
+{
+	local section_name="$1"
+	local section_val="$2"
+	local msg="$3"
+	printf "$section_name :\t%-${status_tab}.${status_tab}s %s %s\n" "$section_val" "[ OK ]    " "$msg"
+}
+
+print_msg_failed()
+{
+	local section_name="$1"
+	local section_val="$2"
+	local msg="$3"
+	printf "$section_name :\t%-${status_tab}.${status_tab}s %s %s\n" "$section_val" "[ FAILED ]" "$msg"
+}
+
+if [ ! -z "$input_node" ]; then
+	expected_devname=$input_node
+elif [ ! -z "$wifi_phy" ]; then
+	expected_devname=$wifi_phy
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$devicename" ]; then
+	if [ ! -z "$expected_devname" ]; then
+		if [ "$devicename" = "$expected_devname" ]; then
+			print_msg_ok "$S_DEV" "$devicename"
+		else
+			print_msg_failed "$S_DEV" "$devicename" "Expected: $expected_devname"
+		fi
+	else
+		if [ "$devicename" = "$manufacturer" ]; then
+			print_msg_failed "$S_DEV" "$devicename" "Redundant: use of vendor name is discouraged"
+		elif [ "$devicename" = "$product" ]; then
+			print_msg_failed "$S_DEV" "$devicename" "Redundant: use of product name is discouraged"
+		else
+			print_msg_failed "$S_DEV" "$devicename" "Unknown devicename - should the script be updated?"
+		fi
+	fi
+elif [ ! -z "$expected_devname" ]; then
+	print_msg_failed "$S_DEV" "blank" "Expected: $expected_devname"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$color" ]; then
+	color_upper=`echo $color | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]`
+	color_id_definition=$(cat $led_defs_path | grep "_$color_upper\s" | awk '{print $2}')
+	if [ ! -z "$color_id_definition" ]; then
+		print_msg_ok "$S_CLR" "$color" "Matching definition: $color_id_definition"
+	else
+		print_msg_failed "$S_CLR" "$color" "Definition not found in $led_defs_path"
+	fi
+
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z "$function" ]; then
+	# strip optional enumerator
+	function=`echo $function | sed s'/\(.*\)-[0-9]*$/\1/'`
+	fun_definition=$(cat $led_defs_path | grep "\"$function\"" | awk '{print $2}')
+	if [ ! -z "$fun_definition" ]; then
+		print_msg_ok "$S_FUN" "$function" "Matching definition: $fun_definition"
+	else
+		print_msg_failed "$S_FUN" "$function" "Definition not found in $led_defs_path"
+	fi
+
+fi