Re: [PATCH v2] fbdev: atmel_lcdfb: Rework backlight status updates

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Thu Jun 09 2022 - 14:55:48 EST


Hi Stephen, thanks!
On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 08:04:40PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> Instead of checking the state of various backlight_properties fields
> against the memorised state in atmel_lcdfb_info.bl_power,
> atmel_bl_update_status() should retrieve the desired state using
> backlight_get_brightness (which takes into account the power state,
> blanking etc.). This means the explicit checks using props.fb_blank
> and props.power can be dropped.
>
> The backlight framework ensures that backlight is never negative, so
> the test before reading the brightness from the hardware always ends
> up false and the whole block can be removed. The framework retrieves
> the brightness from the hardware through atmel_bl_get_brightness()
> when necessary.
>
> As a result, bl_power in struct atmel_lcdfb_info is no longer
> necessary, so remove that while we're at it. Since we only ever care
> about reading the current state in backlight_properties, drop the
> updates at the end of the function.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sam