From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ray Wu <ray.wu@amd.com>, Fangzhi Zuo <jerry.zuo@amd.com>,
"ChiaHsuan (Tom) Chung" <chiahsuan.chung@amd.com>,
Dan Wheeler <daniel.wheeler@amd.com>,
Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7.2.y] drm/amd/display: map PWM brightness through custom backlight curve
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2026 06:56:29 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261005105605.1547203-1-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026100550-splotchy-cheesy-cd92@gregkh>
From: Ray Wu <ray.wu@amd.com>
[ Upstream commit 51cc916648d1421e0271090fb4fa86550a7a96d9 ]
[Why/How]
On the PWM path, convert the userspace brightness to an input signal and
derive the target luminance from the custom backlight curve, then pass
the resulting millipercent to the power module.
This keeps PWM programming and backlight curve mapping in the power
module, aligning the Linux path with the Windows behavior.
Closes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/amd/-/issues/5723
Fixes: 3c108046e1d6 ("drm/amd/display: Add power module on Linux")
Assisted-by: Cursor:Claude-Opus-4.8
Signed-off-by: Ray Wu <ray.wu@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Fangzhi Zuo <jerry.zuo@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: ChiaHsuan (Tom) Chung <chiahsuan.chung@amd.com>
Tested-by: Dan Wheeler <daniel.wheeler@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@amd.com>
(cherry picked from commit bc4e099caa85e8d4c3555851a0feb07058c4a1fe)
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
[ sashal: Relocated the changes into the existing display manager code because the backlight code had not been split out. ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
.../gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 80 insertions(+), 12 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 5d46bfe475269..4ee7db8a6a226 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
#include "ivsrcid/ivsrcid_vislands30.h"
#include <linux/backlight.h>
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
@@ -1974,6 +1975,8 @@ static int amdgpu_dm_init_power_module(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm)
init_data[i].use_custom_backlight_caps = false;
init_data[i].custom_backlight_caps_config_no = 0;
init_data[i].use_linear_backlight_curve = false;
+ if (amdgpu_dc_debug_mask & DC_DISABLE_CUSTOM_BRIGHTNESS_CURVE)
+ init_data[i].use_linear_backlight_curve = true;
init_data[i].def_varibright_enable = 0;
init_data[i].varibright_level = 0;
/*
@@ -5304,6 +5307,68 @@ static inline u32 scale_fw_to_input(int min, int max, u64 input)
return min + DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL(input * (max - min), AMDGPU_MAX_BL_LEVEL);
}
+static u32 backlight_signal_to_luminance(const struct amdgpu_dm_backlight_caps *caps,
+ u32 signal)
+{
+ u32 lower_signal, upper_signal;
+ u32 lower_lum, upper_lum;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!caps->data_points)
+ return DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(signal * 100, AMDGPU_MAX_BL_LEVEL);
+
+ if (signal < caps->luminance_data[0].input_signal) {
+ lower_signal = 0;
+ lower_lum = 0;
+ upper_signal = caps->luminance_data[0].input_signal;
+ upper_lum = caps->luminance_data[0].luminance;
+ } else if (signal >=
+ caps->luminance_data[caps->data_points - 1].input_signal) {
+ lower_signal = caps->luminance_data[caps->data_points - 1].input_signal;
+ lower_lum = caps->luminance_data[caps->data_points - 1].luminance;
+ upper_signal = caps->max_input_signal;
+ upper_lum = 100;
+ } else {
+ for (i = 1;
+ i < caps->data_points &&
+ signal > caps->luminance_data[i].input_signal;
+ i++)
+ ;
+
+ lower_signal = caps->luminance_data[i - 1].input_signal;
+ upper_signal = caps->luminance_data[i].input_signal;
+ lower_lum = caps->luminance_data[i - 1].luminance;
+ upper_lum = caps->luminance_data[i].luminance;
+ }
+
+ if (upper_signal == lower_signal)
+ return upper_lum;
+
+ return lower_lum + DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST((upper_lum - lower_lum) *
+ (signal - lower_signal),
+ upper_signal - lower_signal);
+}
+
+static u32 convert_brightness_to_millipercent(const struct amdgpu_dm_backlight_caps *caps,
+ u32 user_brightness)
+{
+ unsigned int min, max;
+ u32 signal, luminance;
+
+ if (!get_brightness_range(caps, &min, &max))
+ return DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL((u64)user_brightness * 100000,
+ MAX_BACKLIGHT_LEVEL);
+
+ user_brightness = clamp(user_brightness, min, max);
+ if (amdgpu_dc_debug_mask & DC_DISABLE_CUSTOM_BRIGHTNESS_CURVE)
+ return DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST_ULL((u64)user_brightness * 100000, max);
+
+ signal = scale_input_to_fw(max, user_brightness);
+ luminance = backlight_signal_to_luminance(caps, signal);
+
+ return min_t(u32, luminance * 1000, 100000);
+}
+
static void convert_custom_brightness(const struct amdgpu_dm_backlight_caps *caps,
unsigned int min, unsigned int max,
uint32_t *user_brightness)
@@ -5421,10 +5486,10 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_backlight_set_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
struct amdgpu_dm_backlight_caps *caps;
struct dc_link *link;
u32 brightness = 0;
+ u32 millipercent = 0;
bool rc = false, reallow_idle = false;
struct drm_connector *connector;
struct dc_stream_state *stream;
- unsigned int min, max;
list_for_each_entry(connector, &dm->ddev->mode_config.connector_list, head) {
struct amdgpu_dm_connector *aconnector = to_amdgpu_dm_connector(connector);
@@ -5447,12 +5512,21 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_backlight_set_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
/* update scratch register */
if (bl_idx == 0)
amdgpu_atombios_scratch_regs_set_backlight_level(dm->adev, dm->brightness[bl_idx]);
- brightness = convert_brightness_from_user(caps, dm->brightness[bl_idx]);
+
link = (struct dc_link *)dm->backlight_link[bl_idx];
+ stream = dm_find_stream_with_link(dm, link);
+ if (!stream)
+ return;
- /* Apply brightness quirk */
- if (caps->brightness_mask)
- brightness |= caps->brightness_mask;
+ if (caps->aux_support) {
+ brightness = convert_brightness_from_user(caps, dm->brightness[bl_idx]);
+ /* Apply brightness quirk */
+ if (caps->brightness_mask)
+ brightness |= caps->brightness_mask;
+ } else {
+ millipercent = convert_brightness_to_millipercent(caps,
+ user_brightness);
+ }
if (trace_amdgpu_dm_brightness_enabled()) {
trace_amdgpu_dm_brightness(__builtin_return_address(0),
@@ -5462,10 +5536,6 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_backlight_set_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
power_supply_is_system_supplied() > 0);
}
- stream = dm_find_stream_with_link(dm, link);
- if (!stream)
- return;
-
mutex_lock(&dm->dc_lock);
if (dm->dc->caps.ips_support && dm->dc->ctx->dmub_srv->idle_allowed) {
dc_allow_idle_optimizations(dm->dc, false);
@@ -5477,10 +5547,8 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_backlight_set_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
AUX_BL_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_TIME_MS, false, true);
} else {
/* power module uses millipercent */
- get_brightness_range(caps, &min, &max);
- brightness = DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(brightness * 100, (max - min)) * 1000;
rc = mod_power_set_backlight_percent(dm->power_module, stream,
- brightness, 0, false);
+ millipercent, 0, false);
}
/*
--
2.53.0
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