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From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
To: <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>, <harry.wentland@amd.com>,
	Simona Vetter <simona@ffwll.ch>,
	Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>,
	"Maarten Lankhorst" <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	David Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
Cc: Xaver Hugl <xaver.hugl@gmail.com>,
	<amd-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	"open list:INTEL DRM DISPLAY FOR XE AND I915 DRIVERS"
	<intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	"open list:INTEL DRM DISPLAY FOR XE AND I915 DRIVERS"
	<intel-xe@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	"Mario Limonciello (AMD)" <superm1@kernel.org>,
	Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
Subject: [PATCH v6 06/10] drm/amd/display: Allow backlight registration to fail
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:57:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260624165751.2014759-7-mario.limonciello@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260624165751.2014759-1-mario.limonciello@amd.com>

From: "Mario Limonciello (AMD)" <superm1@kernel.org>

[Why]
If backlight registration fails then it's ignored. This could hide
a fatal problem to a user.

[How]
Pass error codes up from backlight registration failures.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Simon Ser <contact@emersion.fr>
---
 .../gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 41 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
index 9b3e2fc6cef5d..2f87940aaea42 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -5543,7 +5543,7 @@ static const struct backlight_ops amdgpu_dm_backlight_ops = {
 	.update_status	= amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status,
 };
 
-static void
+static int
 amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(struct amdgpu_dm_connector *aconnector)
 {
 	struct drm_device *drm = aconnector->base.dev;
@@ -5554,15 +5554,16 @@ amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(struct amdgpu_dm_connector *aconnector)
 	int min, max;
 	int real_brightness;
 	int init_brightness;
+	int r;
 
 	if (aconnector->bl_idx == -1)
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (!acpi_video_backlight_use_native()) {
 		drm_info(drm, "Skipping amdgpu DM backlight registration\n");
 		/* Try registering an ACPI video backlight device instead. */
 		acpi_video_register_backlight();
-		return;
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	caps = &dm->backlight_caps[aconnector->bl_idx];
@@ -5596,22 +5597,26 @@ amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(struct amdgpu_dm_connector *aconnector)
 	dm->brightness[aconnector->bl_idx] = props.brightness;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(dm->backlight_dev[aconnector->bl_idx])) {
-		drm_err(drm, "DM: Backlight registration failed!\n");
+		r = PTR_ERR(dm->backlight_dev[aconnector->bl_idx]);
+		drm_err(drm, "DM: Backlight registration failed: %d\n", r);
 		dm->backlight_dev[aconnector->bl_idx] = NULL;
-	} else {
-		/*
-		 * dm->brightness[x] can be inconsistent just after startup until
-		 * ops.get_brightness is called.
-		 */
-		real_brightness =
-			amdgpu_dm_backlight_ops.get_brightness(dm->backlight_dev[aconnector->bl_idx]);
+		return r;
+	}
 
-		if (real_brightness != init_brightness) {
-			dm->actual_brightness[aconnector->bl_idx] = real_brightness;
-			dm->brightness[aconnector->bl_idx] = real_brightness;
-		}
-		drm_dbg_driver(drm, "DM: Registered Backlight device: %s\n", bl_name);
+	/*
+	 * dm->brightness[x] can be inconsistent just after startup until
+	 * ops.get_brightness is called.
+	 */
+	real_brightness =
+		amdgpu_dm_backlight_ops.get_brightness(dm->backlight_dev[aconnector->bl_idx]);
+
+	if (real_brightness != init_brightness) {
+		dm->actual_brightness[aconnector->bl_idx] = real_brightness;
+		dm->brightness[aconnector->bl_idx] = real_brightness;
 	}
+	drm_dbg_driver(drm, "DM: Registered Backlight device: %s\n", bl_name);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int initialize_plane(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
@@ -8225,7 +8230,9 @@ amdgpu_dm_connector_late_register(struct drm_connector *connector)
 			return r;
 	}
 
-	amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(amdgpu_dm_connector);
+	r = amdgpu_dm_register_backlight_device(amdgpu_dm_connector);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
 
 	if ((connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_DisplayPort) ||
 	    (connector->connector_type == DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_eDP)) {
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-24 16:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-24 16:57 [PATCH v6 00/10] Add support for a DRM backlight capability Mario Limonciello
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 01/10] Revert "backlight: Remove notifier" Mario Limonciello
2026-06-26 11:41   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 02/10] backlight: add kernel-internal backlight API Mario Limonciello
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 03/10] drm: link connectors to backlight devices Mario Limonciello
2026-06-26  7:34   ` Maxime Ripard
2026-06-26 21:40     ` Mario Limonciello
2026-07-07 11:53       ` Maxime Ripard
2026-06-26 11:49   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 04/10] DRM: Add support for client indicating support for luminance Mario Limonciello
2026-07-21 18:31   ` Hans de Goede
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 05/10] drm/amd/display: Pass up errors reading actual brightness Mario Limonciello
2026-06-24 16:57 ` Mario Limonciello [this message]
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 07/10] drm/amd/display: use drm backlight Mario Limonciello
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 08/10] drm/amd/display: Drop brightness caching in amdgpu_dm Mario Limonciello
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 09/10] drm/bridge: auto-link panel backlight in bridge connector Mario Limonciello
2026-06-24 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 10/10] drm/i915/display: use drm backlight Mario Limonciello
2026-07-21 17:50 ` [PATCH v6 00/10] Add support for a DRM backlight capability Hans de Goede
2026-07-21 18:19   ` Hans de Goede

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