[Outreachy kernel] [PATCH v13 2/3] drm/tinydrm: Move tinydrm_of_find_backlight to backlight.c

Sean Paul seanpaul at chromium.org
Mon Oct 16 18:26:00 UTC 2017


On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Noralf Trønnes <noralf at tronnes.org> wrote:
>
> Den 13.10.2017 22.25, skrev Sean Paul:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 04:11:43PM +0530, Meghana Madhyastha wrote:
>>>
>>> Rename tinydrm_of_find_backlight to backlight_get and move it
>>> to linux/backlight.c so that it can be used by other drivers.
>>
>> [apologies if this has been brought up in previous versions, I haven't
>> been
>> following closely]
>>
>> I don't think "backlight_get" is a good name for this function. How about
>> of_find_backlight_by_name (since there's already
>> of_find_backlight_by_node)?
>
>
> I came up with that name modelled after gpiod_get() and gpiod_put() and I
> deliberately kept the of_ part out of the name like the gpio functions.
> gpiod_get() checks OF, ACPI and platform for gpios and calling it
> backlight_get() would keep the door open for other ways of connecting
> backlight devices in the future, other than Device Tree.
>

Thanks for the background, Noralf! Apologies for stepping on top of
your previous reviews.

> I think of_find_backlight() would be better than *_by_name(), since
> 'backlight' is the common DT property name, so it wouldn't make much sense
> to require every caller to pass in the same name.
>

of_find_backlight() sounds like a good compromise.

Sean


> Either way is fine with me.
>
> Noralf.
>
>
>
>>> Signed-off-by: Meghana Madhyastha <meghana.madhyastha at gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>> Changes in v13:
>>>   -Add backlight_put to backlight.h in this patch
>>>
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c | 40
>>> --------------------------
>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c             |  3 +-
>>>   drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c            | 37
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>   include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h          |  2 --
>>>   include/linux/backlight.h                      | 19 ++++++++++++
>>>   5 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c
>>> index a42dee6..cb1a01a 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c
>>> @@ -236,46 +236,6 @@ void tinydrm_xrgb8888_to_gray8(u8 *dst, void *vaddr,
>>> struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
>>>   }
>>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(tinydrm_xrgb8888_to_gray8);
>>>   -/**
>>> - * tinydrm_of_find_backlight - Find backlight device in device-tree
>>> - * @dev: Device
>>> - *
>>> - * This function looks for a DT node pointed to by a property named
>>> 'backlight'
>>> - * and uses of_find_backlight_by_node() to get the backlight device.
>>> - * Additionally if the brightness property is zero, it is set to
>>> - * max_brightness.
>>> - *
>>> - * Returns:
>>> - * NULL if there's no backlight property.
>>> - * Error pointer -EPROBE_DEFER if the DT node is found, but no backlight
>>> device
>>> - * is found.
>>> - * If the backlight device is found, a pointer to the structure is
>>> returned.
>>> - */
>>> -struct backlight_device *tinydrm_of_find_backlight(struct device *dev)
>>> -{
>>> -       struct backlight_device *backlight;
>>> -       struct device_node *np;
>>> -
>>> -       np = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "backlight", 0);
>>> -       if (!np)
>>> -               return NULL;
>>> -
>>> -       backlight = of_find_backlight_by_node(np);
>>> -       of_node_put(np);
>>> -
>>> -       if (!backlight)
>>> -               return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
>>> -
>>> -       if (!backlight->props.brightness) {
>>> -               backlight->props.brightness =
>>> backlight->props.max_brightness;
>>> -               DRM_DEBUG_KMS("Backlight brightness set to %d\n",
>>> -                             backlight->props.brightness);
>>> -       }
>>> -
>>> -       return backlight;
>>> -}
>>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(tinydrm_of_find_backlight);
>>> -
>>>   #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SPI)
>>>     /**
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c
>>> b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c
>>> index 7fd2691..a932185 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c
>>> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>>>   #include <drm/tinydrm/ili9341.h>
>>>   #include <drm/tinydrm/mipi-dbi.h>
>>>   #include <drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h>
>>> +#include <linux/backlight.h>
>>>   #include <linux/delay.h>
>>>   #include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
>>>   #include <linux/module.h>
>>> @@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ static int mi0283qt_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
>>>         if (IS_ERR(mipi->regulator))
>>>                 return PTR_ERR(mipi->regulator);
>>>   -     mipi->backlight = tinydrm_of_find_backlight(dev);
>>> +       mipi->backlight = backlight_get(dev);
>>>         if (IS_ERR(mipi->backlight))
>>>                 return PTR_ERR(mipi->backlight);
>>>   diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
>>> b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
>>> index 8049e76..c4e94d0 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
>>> @@ -580,6 +580,43 @@ struct backlight_device
>>> *of_find_backlight_by_node(struct device_node *node)
>>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_backlight_by_node);
>>>   #endif
>>>   +/**
>>> + * backlight_get - Get backlight device
>>> + * @dev: Device
>>> + *
>>> + * This function looks for a property named 'backlight' on the DT node
>>> + * connected to @dev and looks up the backlight device.
>>> + *
>>> + * Call backlight_put() to drop the reference on the backlight device.
>>> + *
>>> + * Returns:
>>> + * A pointer to the backlight device if found.
>>> + * Error pointer -EPROBE_DEFER if the DT property is set, but no
>>> backlight
>>> + * device is found.
>>> + * NULL if there's no backlight property.
>>> + */
>>> +struct backlight_device *backlight_get(struct device *dev)
>>> +{
>>> +       struct backlight_device *bd = NULL;
>>> +       struct device_node *np;
>>> +
>>> +       if (!dev)
>>> +               return NULL;
>>> +
>>> +       if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && dev->of_node) {
>>
>> I'm not really used to seeing IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLAH) inline. The common
>> patterns seems to be wrapping the actual implementation in #if
>> IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLAH) and then sticking a stub implementation in the
>> #else.
>>
>> I see below that you already have a stub if backlight is not enabled, so
>> expand
>> that #if to include CONFIG_OF as well.
>>
>>> +               np = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "backlight", 0);
>>> +               if (np) {
>>> +                       bd = of_find_backlight_by_node(np);
>>> +                       of_node_put(np);
>>> +                       if (!bd)
>>> +                               return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
>>> +               }
>>> +       }
>>> +
>>> +       return bd;
>>> +}
>>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(backlight_get);
>>> +
>>>   static void __exit backlight_class_exit(void)
>>>   {
>>>         class_destroy(backlight_class);
>>> diff --git a/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h
>>> b/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h
>>> index f54fae0..0a4ddbc 100644
>>> --- a/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h
>>> +++ b/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h
>>> @@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ void tinydrm_xrgb8888_to_rgb565(u16 *dst, void *vaddr,
>>>   void tinydrm_xrgb8888_to_gray8(u8 *dst, void *vaddr, struct
>>> drm_framebuffer *fb,
>>>                                struct drm_clip_rect *clip);
>>>   -struct backlight_device *tinydrm_of_find_backlight(struct device
>>> *dev);
>>> -
>>>   size_t tinydrm_spi_max_transfer_size(struct spi_device *spi, size_t
>>> max_len);
>>>   bool tinydrm_spi_bpw_supported(struct spi_device *spi, u8 bpw);
>>>   int tinydrm_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, u32 speed_hz,
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h
>>> index b88fabb..987a6d7 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/backlight.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
>>> @@ -159,6 +159,16 @@ static inline int backlight_disable(struct
>>> backlight_device *bd)
>>>         return backlight_update_status(bd);
>>>   }
>>>   +/**
>>> + * backlight_put - Drop backlight reference
>>> + * @bd: the backlight device to put
>>> + */
>>> +static inline void backlight_put(struct backlight_device *bd)
>>> +{
>>> +       if (bd)
>>> +               put_device(&bd->dev);
>>> +}
>>
>> I'm not convinced this function needs to exist.
>>
>>> +
>>>   extern struct backlight_device *backlight_device_register(const char
>>> *name,
>>>         struct device *dev, void *devdata, const struct backlight_ops
>>> *ops,
>>>         const struct backlight_properties *props);
>>> @@ -202,4 +212,13 @@ of_find_backlight_by_node(struct device_node *node)
>>>   }
>>>   #endif
>>>   +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
>>> +struct backlight_device *backlight_get(struct device *dev);
>>> +#else
>>> +static inline struct backlight_device *backlight_get(struct device *dev)
>>> +{
>>> +       return NULL;
>>> +}
>>> +#endif
>>> +
>>>   #endif
>>> --
>>> 2.7.4
>>>
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