dri-devel Archive on lore.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: "Mario Limonciello (AMD)" <superm1@kernel.org>
To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Cc: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>,
	harry.wentland@amd.com, Louis Chauvet <louis.chauvet@bootlin.com>,
	Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com>,
	"Mario Limonciello (AMD)" <superm1@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/9] Revert "backlight: Remove notifier"
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 00:49:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260528054911.1513208-2-superm1@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260528054911.1513208-1-superm1@kernel.org>

This reverts commit 5461f3fd74a89757f95f351eb0bc26aafc2a2e91.
The backlight notifier support is needed in order to add backlight
control support into DRM connectors.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/backlight.h           | 20 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index a22d0bbb6e63..ff2c2084c73a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 
 static struct list_head backlight_dev_list;
 static struct mutex backlight_dev_list_mutex;
+static struct blocking_notifier_head backlight_notifier;
 
 static const char *const backlight_types[] = {
 	[BACKLIGHT_RAW] = "raw",
@@ -415,6 +416,9 @@ struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char *name,
 	list_add(&new_bd->entry, &backlight_dev_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&backlight_dev_list_mutex);
 
+	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&backlight_notifier,
+				     BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED, new_bd);
+
 	return new_bd;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_device_register);
@@ -484,6 +488,9 @@ void backlight_device_unregister(struct backlight_device *bd)
 	mutex_unlock(&pmac_backlight_mutex);
 #endif
 
+	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&backlight_notifier,
+				     BACKLIGHT_UNREGISTERED, bd);
+
 	mutex_lock(&bd->ops_lock);
 	bd->ops = NULL;
 	mutex_unlock(&bd->ops_lock);
@@ -507,6 +514,40 @@ static int devm_backlight_device_match(struct device *dev, void *res,
 	return *r == data;
 }
 
+/**
+ * backlight_register_notifier - get notified of backlight (un)registration
+ * @nb: notifier block with the notifier to call on backlight (un)registration
+ *
+ * Register a notifier to get notified when backlight devices get registered
+ * or unregistered.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ *
+ * 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code
+ */
+int backlight_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_register(&backlight_notifier, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_register_notifier);
+
+/**
+ * backlight_unregister_notifier - unregister a backlight notifier
+ * @nb: notifier block to unregister
+ *
+ * Register a notifier to get notified when backlight devices get registered
+ * or unregistered.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ *
+ * 0 on success, otherwise a negative error code
+ */
+int backlight_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
+{
+	return blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(&backlight_notifier, nb);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_unregister_notifier);
+
 /**
  * devm_backlight_device_register - register a new backlight device
  * @dev: the device to register
@@ -674,6 +715,7 @@ static int __init backlight_class_init(void)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&backlight_dev_list);
 	mutex_init(&backlight_dev_list_mutex);
+	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&backlight_notifier);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h
index f29a9ef1052e..d905173c7f73 100644
--- a/include/linux/backlight.h
+++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ enum backlight_type {
 	BACKLIGHT_TYPE_MAX,
 };
 
+/**
+ * enum backlight_notification - the type of notification
+ *
+ * The notifications that is used for notification sent to the receiver
+ * that registered notifications using backlight_register_notifier().
+ */
+enum backlight_notification {
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED: The backlight device is registered.
+	 */
+	BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED,
+
+	/**
+	 * @BACKLIGHT_UNREGISTERED: The backlight revice is unregistered.
+	 */
+	BACKLIGHT_UNREGISTERED,
+};
+
 /** enum backlight_scale - the type of scale used for brightness values
  *
  * The type of scale used for brightness values.
@@ -388,6 +406,8 @@ void devm_backlight_device_unregister(struct device *dev,
 				      struct backlight_device *bd);
 void backlight_force_update(struct backlight_device *bd,
 			    enum backlight_update_reason reason);
+int backlight_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
+int backlight_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 struct backlight_device *backlight_device_get_by_name(const char *name);
 struct backlight_device *backlight_device_get_by_type(enum backlight_type type);
 int backlight_device_set_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd,
-- 
2.54.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-05-28  5:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-28  5:49 [PATCH v4 0/9] Add support for a DRM backlight capability Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-28  5:49 ` Mario Limonciello (AMD) [this message]
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 2/9] backlight: add kernel-internal backlight API Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 3/9] drm: link connectors to backlight devices Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-29  9:56   ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-05-29  9:58     ` Mario Limonciello
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 4/9] DRM: Add support for client and driver indicating support for luminance Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-29  9:53   ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 5/9] drm/amd/display: Pass up errors reading actual brightness Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 6/9] drm/amd: Indicate driver supports luminance Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 7/9] drm/amd/display: Allow backlight registration to fail Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 8/9] drm/amd/display: use drm backlight Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-28  5:49 ` [PATCH v4 9/9] drm/bridge: auto-link panel backlight in bridge connector Mario Limonciello (AMD)
2026-05-29  9:52   ` Dmitry Baryshkov
2026-05-29 15:13 ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Add support for a DRM backlight capability Simon Ser

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260528054911.1513208-2-superm1@kernel.org \
    --to=superm1@kernel.org \
    --cc=dmitry.baryshkov@oss.qualcomm.com \
    --cc=dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org \
    --cc=harry.wentland@amd.com \
    --cc=louis.chauvet@bootlin.com \
    --cc=mario.limonciello@amd.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox