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>,
Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>,
Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>,
"Mario Limonciello" <superm1@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v8 06/14] drm/amd/display: Pass up errors reading actual brightness
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 23:40:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908044035.62093-7-mario.limonciello@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908044035.62093-1-mario.limonciello@amd.com>
[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>
---
.../drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c | 13 +++++++++----
.../drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h | 2 +-
.../amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c
index b9e90ea449ca3..406a821d03cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ int amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
EXPORT_IF_KUNIT(amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status);
STATIC_IFN_KUNIT
-u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx)
+int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx)
{
int ret;
struct amdgpu_dm_backlight_caps caps;
@@ -376,14 +376,14 @@ u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx)
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);
}
@@ -394,8 +394,13 @@ int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd)
{
struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm = bl_get_data(bd);
int i = amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_device_index(dm, bd);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, i);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return dm->brightness[i];
- return amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, i);
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_IF_KUNIT(amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h
index 07b75064847c7..72f1c8d861c8c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ extern const struct attribute_group amdgpu_group;
struct dc_stream_state *dm_find_stream_with_link(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
struct dc_link *link);
int amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd);
-u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx);
+int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx);
int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd);
ssize_t panel_power_savings_show(struct device *device,
struct device_attribute *attr,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c
index 7ca17f803f9d7..e03173d4e5bd8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static void dm_test_backlight_get_level_pwm_error(struct kunit *test)
dm->brightness[0] = 4321;
dm->backlight_link[0] = link;
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), 4321U);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), -EINVAL);
}
/**
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static void dm_test_backlight_get_level_aux_error(struct kunit *test)
caps->caps_valid = true;
caps->aux_support = true;
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), 6789U);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), -EINVAL);
}
/**
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 4:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 4:40 [PATCH v8 00/14] Add support for a DRM backlight capability Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 01/14] Revert "backlight: Remove notifier" Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 02/14] backlight: add kernel-internal backlight API Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:52 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 15:45 ` Jani Nikula
2026-09-08 16:00 ` Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 16:33 ` Jani Nikula
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 03/14] drm/property: add a per-connector luminance flag Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 04/14] drm: add connector backlight (LUMINANCE) infrastructure Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 15:48 ` Jani Nikula
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 05/14] drm: add DRM_CLIENT_CAP_LUMINANCE Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:40 ` Mario Limonciello [this message]
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 07/14] drm/amd: Indicate driver supports luminance Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 08/14] drm/amd/display: use drm backlight Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 09/14] drm/amdgpu: Check bios_scratch_reg_offset in backlight level helper Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 10/14] drm/amd/display: Update KUnit backlight tests for luminance property and fixtures Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:54 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 11/14] drm/bridge: auto-link panel backlight in bridge connector Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 12/14] drm/xe: Indicate support for luminance on the connector Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:57 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 13/14] drm/i915: " Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 4:40 ` [PATCH v8 14/14] drm/i915/display: use drm backlight Mario Limonciello
2026-09-08 5:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-08 9:32 ` ✓ i915.CI.BAT: success for Add support for a DRM backlight capability (rev3) Patchwork
2026-09-08 18:45 ` ✗ i915.CI.Full: failure " Patchwork
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