Re: [PATCH] staging: ftbft: Use backlight helper

[Stephen Kitt]

Hi Sam,

On Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:22:59 +0200, Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 08:55:16PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> > backlight_properties.fb_blank is deprecated. The states it represents
> > are handled by other properties; but instead of accessing those
> > properties directly, drivers should use the helpers provided by
> > backlight.h.
> > 
> > Instead of manually checking the power state in struct
> > backlight_properties, use backlight_is_blank().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: "Noralf Trønnes" <noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Len Baker <len.baker@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Cc: linux-staging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c | 3 +--
> >  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c | 3 +--
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c index 6fd549a424d5..b8d55aa8c5c7
> > 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > @@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ static int update_onboard_backlight(struct
> > backlight_device *bd) "%s: power=%d, fb_blank=%d\n",
> >  		      __func__, bd->props.power, bd->props.fb_blank);  
> Could you try to kill this use of props.fb_blank too?      ^^^^^^
> A local variable should do the trick.

I have a pending patch changing this to show props.state instead, that way
the debug info shows all the backlight-relevant information from props. How
does that sound?

Regards,

Stephen

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