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 5/9] drm/amd/display: Pass up errors reading actual brightness
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 00:49:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260528054911.1513208-6-superm1@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260528054911.1513208-1-superm1@kernel.org>
[Why]
If the DC API fails to return actual brightness when backlight control
API requests it, then the wrong value may be returned.
[How]
Change return type of amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level() to an integer
and pass an error code up to the caller.
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello (AMD) <superm1@kernel.org>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 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 c6539e203b92..b6f9188a7b36 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -5441,7 +5441,7 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
return 0;
}
-static u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
+static int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
int bl_idx)
{
int ret;
@@ -5455,14 +5455,14 @@ static u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
u32 avg, peak;
if (!dc_link_get_backlight_level_nits(link, &avg, &peak))
- return dm->brightness[bl_idx];
+ return -EINVAL;
return convert_brightness_to_user(&caps, avg);
}
ret = dc_link_get_backlight_level(link);
if (ret == DC_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)
- return dm->brightness[bl_idx];
+ return -EINVAL;
return convert_brightness_to_user(&caps, ret);
}
@@ -5470,7 +5470,7 @@ static u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
static int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd)
{
struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm = bl_get_data(bd);
- int i;
+ int i, ret;
for (i = 0; i < dm->num_of_edps; i++) {
if (bd == dm->backlight_dev[i])
@@ -5478,7 +5478,12 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd)
}
if (i >= AMDGPU_DM_MAX_NUM_EDP)
i = 0;
- return amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, i);
+
+ ret = amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, i);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return dm->brightness[i];
+
+ return ret;
}
static const struct backlight_ops amdgpu_dm_backlight_ops = {
--
2.54.0
next prev parent 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 ` [PATCH v4 1/9] Revert "backlight: Remove notifier" Mario Limonciello (AMD)
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 ` Mario Limonciello (AMD) [this message]
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
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