Re: [PATCH 7/9] HID: i2c-hid: Support being a panel follower

Doug Anderson
2023-05-24T17:29:47Z

Hi,

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 12:31 PM Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> As talked about in the patch ("drm/panel: Add a way for other devices
> to follow panel state"), we really want to keep the power states of a
> touchscreen and the panel it's attached to in sync with each other. In
> that spirit, add support to i2c-hid to be a panel follower. This will
> let the i2c-hid driver get informed when the panel is powered on and
> off. From there we can match the i2c-hid device's power state to that
> of the panel.
>
> NOTE: this patch specifically _doesn't_ use pm_runtime to keep track
> of / manage the power state of the i2c-hid device, even though my
> first instinct said that would be the way to go. Specific problems
> with using pm_runtime():
> * The initial power up couldn't happen in a runtime resume function
> since it create sub-devices and, apparently, that's not good to do
> in your resume function.
> * Managing our power state with pm_runtime meant fighting to make the
> right thing happen at system suspend to prevent the system from
> trying to resume us only to suspend us again. While this might be
> able to be solved, it added complexity.
> Overall the code without pm_runtime() ended up being smaller and
> easier to understand.
>
> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
> ---
>
> drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
> index 34c0d98b4976..f1bb89377e8d 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/i2c-hid/i2c-hid-core.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
> #include <linux/mutex.h>
> #include <asm/unaligned.h>
>
> +#include <drm/drm_panel.h>
> +
> #include "../hid-ids.h"
> #include "i2c-hid.h"
>
> @@ -107,6 +109,8 @@ struct i2c_hid {
> struct mutex reset_lock;
>
> struct i2chid_ops *ops;
> + struct drm_panel_follower panel_follower;
> + bool is_panel_follower;
> };
>
> static const struct i2c_hid_quirks {
> @@ -1058,6 +1062,34 @@ int i2c_hid_core_initial_power_up(struct i2c_hid *ihid)
> return ret;
> }
>
> +int i2c_hid_core_panel_prepared(struct drm_panel_follower *follower)

As pointed out by the kernel test robot, I clearly missed making
several functions "static" in this patch series. :( I'll fix that in
v2, but for now I'll hold off sending v2 to wait for additional
feedback.

-Doug