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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


  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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