[PATCH v2 2/2] drm/amd/display: Add a trace event for brightness programming
Mario Limonciello
mario.limonciello at amd.com
Mon Jun 23 17:11:14 UTC 2025
[Why]
Brightness programming may involve a conversion of a user requested
brightness against what was in a custom brightness curve. The values
might not match what a user programmed.
[How]
Add a new trace event to show specific converted brightness values.
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
---
Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/debugging.rst | 18 +++++++++++++
.../gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c | 8 ++++++
.../amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_trace.h | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/debugging.rst b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/debugging.rst
index 7cbfea0606e1..ac914d524741 100644
--- a/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/debugging.rst
+++ b/Documentation/gpu/amdgpu/debugging.rst
@@ -85,3 +85,21 @@ UMR
GPU debugging and diagnostics tool. Please see the umr
`documentation <https://umr.readthedocs.io/en/main/>`_ for more information
about its capabilities.
+
+Debugging backlight brightness
+==============================
+Default backlight brightness is intended to be set via the policy advertised
+by the firmware. Firmware will often provide different defaults for AC or DC.
+Furthermore, some userspace software will save backlight brightness during
+the previous boot and attempt to restore it.
+
+Some firmware also has support for a feature called "Custom Backlight Curves"
+where an input value for brightness is mapped along a linearly interpolated
+curve of brightness values that better match display characteristics.
+
+In the event of problems happening with backlight, there is a trace event
+that can be enabled at bootup to log every brightness change request.
+This can help isolate where the problem is. To enable the trace event add
+the following to the kernel command line:
+
+ tp_printk trace_event=amdgpu_dm:amdgpu_dm_brightness:mod:amdgpu trace_buf_size=1M
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 77302caaf24a..2ac5cd225781 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm.c
@@ -4860,6 +4860,14 @@ static void amdgpu_dm_backlight_set_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
reallow_idle = true;
}
+ if (trace_amdgpu_dm_brightness_enabled()) {
+ trace_amdgpu_dm_brightness(__builtin_return_address(0),
+ user_brightness,
+ brightness,
+ caps->aux_support,
+ power_supply_is_system_supplied() > 0);
+ }
+
if (caps->aux_support) {
rc = dc_link_set_backlight_level_nits(link, true, brightness,
AUX_BL_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_TIME_MS);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_trace.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_trace.h
index 4686d4b0cbad..308a36176bd2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_trace.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_trace.h
@@ -726,6 +726,32 @@ TRACE_EVENT(dcn_optc_lock_unlock_state,
)
);
+TRACE_EVENT(amdgpu_dm_brightness,
+ TP_PROTO(void *function, u32 user_brightness, u32 converted_brightness, bool aux, bool ac),
+ TP_ARGS(function, user_brightness, converted_brightness, aux, ac),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(void *, function)
+ __field(u32, user_brightness)
+ __field(u32, converted_brightness)
+ __field(bool, aux)
+ __field(bool, ac)
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->function = function;
+ __entry->user_brightness = user_brightness;
+ __entry->converted_brightness = converted_brightness;
+ __entry->aux = aux;
+ __entry->ac = ac;
+ ),
+ TP_printk("%ps: brightness requested=%u converted=%u aux=%s power=%s",
+ (void *)__entry->function,
+ (u32)__entry->user_brightness,
+ (u32)__entry->converted_brightness,
+ (__entry->aux) ? "true" : "false",
+ (__entry->ac) ? "AC" : "DC"
+ )
+);
+
#endif /* _AMDGPU_DM_TRACE_H_ */
#undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
--
2.49.0
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