[PATCH v2 09/29] ACPI: video: Make backlight class device registration a separate step
Alex Deucher
alexdeucher at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 16:50:20 UTC 2022
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 3:40 PM Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On x86/ACPI boards the acpi_video driver will usually initializing before
initializing -> initialize
> the kms driver (except i915). This causes /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
> to show up and then the kms driver registers its own native backlight
> device after which the drivers/acpi/video_detect.c code unregisters
> the acpi_video0 device (when acpi_video_get_backlight_type()==native).
>
> This means that userspace briefly sees 2 devices and the disappearing of
> acpi_video0 after a brief time confuses the systemd backlight level
> save/restore code, see e.g.:
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=269920
>
> To fix this make backlight class device registration a separate step
> done by a new acpi_video_register_backlight() function. The intend is for
> this to be called by the drm/kms driver *after* it is done setting up its
> own native backlight device. So that acpi_video_get_backlight_type() knows
> if a native backlight will be available or not at acpi_video backlight
> registration time, avoiding the add + remove dance.
>
> Note the new acpi_video_register_backlight() function is also called from
> a delayed work to ensure that the acpi_video backlight devices does get
> registered if necessary even if there is no drm/kms driver or when it is
> disabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
> include/acpi/video.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> index 6944794797a5..c4c3a9e7ce69 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> @@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
> #define ACPI_VIDEO_BUS_NAME "Video Bus"
> #define ACPI_VIDEO_DEVICE_NAME "Video Device"
>
> +/*
> + * Display probing is known to take up to 5 seconds, so delay the fallback
> + * backlight registration by 5 seconds + 3 seconds for some extra margin.
> + */
> +#define ACPI_VIDEO_REGISTER_BACKLIGHT_DELAY (8 * HZ)
> +
> #define MAX_NAME_LEN 20
>
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Bruno Ducrot");
> @@ -81,6 +87,9 @@ static LIST_HEAD(video_bus_head);
> static int acpi_video_bus_add(struct acpi_device *device);
> static int acpi_video_bus_remove(struct acpi_device *device);
> static void acpi_video_bus_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event);
> +static void acpi_video_bus_register_backlight_work(struct work_struct *ignored);
> +static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(video_bus_register_backlight_work,
> + acpi_video_bus_register_backlight_work);
> void acpi_video_detect_exit(void);
>
> /*
> @@ -1865,8 +1874,6 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
> if (video->backlight_registered)
> return 0;
>
> - acpi_video_run_bcl_for_osi(video);
> -
> if (acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_video)
> return 0;
>
> @@ -2092,7 +2099,11 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> list_add_tail(&video->entry, &video_bus_head);
> mutex_unlock(&video_list_lock);
>
> - acpi_video_bus_register_backlight(video);
> + /*
> + * The userspace visible backlight_device gets registered separately
> + * from acpi_video_register_backlight().
> + */
> + acpi_video_run_bcl_for_osi(video);
> acpi_video_bus_add_notify_handler(video);
>
> return 0;
> @@ -2131,6 +2142,11 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void acpi_video_bus_register_backlight_work(struct work_struct *ignored)
> +{
> + acpi_video_register_backlight();
> +}
> +
> static int __init is_i740(struct pci_dev *dev)
> {
> if (dev->device == 0x00D1)
> @@ -2241,6 +2257,17 @@ int acpi_video_register(void)
> */
> register_count = 1;
>
> + /*
> + * acpi_video_bus_add() skips registering the userspace visible
> + * backlight_device. The intend is for this to be registered by the
> + * drm/kms driver calling acpi_video_register_backlight() *after* it is
> + * done setting up its own native backlight device. The delayed work
> + * ensures that acpi_video_register_backlight() always gets called
> + * eventually, in case there is no drm/kms driver or it is disabled.
> + */
> + schedule_delayed_work(&video_bus_register_backlight_work,
> + ACPI_VIDEO_REGISTER_BACKLIGHT_DELAY);
> +
> leave:
> mutex_unlock(®ister_count_mutex);
> return ret;
> @@ -2251,6 +2278,7 @@ void acpi_video_unregister(void)
> {
> mutex_lock(®ister_count_mutex);
> if (register_count) {
> + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&video_bus_register_backlight_work);
> acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&acpi_video_bus);
> register_count = 0;
> has_backlight = false;
> @@ -2259,6 +2287,17 @@ void acpi_video_unregister(void)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_unregister);
>
> +void acpi_video_register_backlight(void)
> +{
> + struct acpi_video_bus *video;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&video_list_lock);
> + list_for_each_entry(video, &video_bus_head, entry)
> + acpi_video_bus_register_backlight(video);
> + mutex_unlock(&video_list_lock);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_video_register_backlight);
> +
> void acpi_video_unregister_backlight(void)
> {
> struct acpi_video_bus *video;
> diff --git a/include/acpi/video.h b/include/acpi/video.h
> index 4705e339c252..0625806d3bbd 100644
> --- a/include/acpi/video.h
> +++ b/include/acpi/video.h
> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ enum acpi_backlight_type {
> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_VIDEO)
> extern int acpi_video_register(void);
> extern void acpi_video_unregister(void);
> +extern void acpi_video_register_backlight(void);
> extern int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type,
> int device_id, void **edid);
> extern enum acpi_backlight_type acpi_video_get_backlight_type(void);
> @@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ extern int acpi_video_get_levels(struct acpi_device *device,
> #else
> static inline int acpi_video_register(void) { return -ENODEV; }
> static inline void acpi_video_unregister(void) { return; }
> +static inline void acpi_video_register_backlight(void) { return; }
> static inline int acpi_video_get_edid(struct acpi_device *device, int type,
> int device_id, void **edid)
> {
> --
> 2.36.0
>
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