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 v7 01/12] Revert "backlight: Remove notifier"
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:05:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260831210531.2334221-2-mario.limonciello@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260831210531.2334221-1-mario.limonciello@amd.com>
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 | 22 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index fc9bb303e8c5f..4401f6294ccc8 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
+ *
+ * Unregister a notifier previously registered with
+ * backlight_register_notifier().
+ *
+ * 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 f29a9ef1052e7..015183d129f96 100644
--- a/include/linux/backlight.h
+++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
+struct notifier_block;
+
/**
* enum backlight_update_reason - what method was used to update backlight
*
@@ -64,6 +66,24 @@ 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 +408,8 @@ 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,
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-31 21:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-31 21:05 [PATCH v7 00/12] Add support for a DRM backlight capability Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 21:05 ` Mario Limonciello [this message]
2026-08-31 22:02 ` [PATCH v7 01/12] Revert "backlight: Remove notifier" sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 02/12] backlight: add kernel-internal backlight API Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 22:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 03/12] drm/property: add a per-connector luminance flag Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 04/12] drm: add connector backlight (LUMINANCE) infrastructure Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 22:28 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 05/12] drm: add DRM_CLIENT_CAP_LUMINANCE Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 22:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 06/12] drm/amd/display: Pass up errors reading actual brightness Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 22:49 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 07/12] drm/amd: Indicate driver supports luminance Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 08/12] drm/amd/display: use drm backlight Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 23:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 09/12] drm/bridge: auto-link panel backlight in bridge connector Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 23:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 10/12] drm/xe: Indicate support for luminance on the connector Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 23:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 11/12] drm/i915: " Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 21:05 ` [PATCH v7 12/12] drm/i915/display: use drm backlight Mario Limonciello
2026-08-31 23:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-31 21:12 ` ✗ CI.checkpatch: warning for Add support for a DRM backlight capability (rev2) Patchwork
2026-08-31 21:13 ` ✗ CI.KUnit: failure " Patchwork
2026-09-01 0:19 ` [PATCH v7 00/12] Add support for a DRM backlight capability Mario Limonciello
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