[PATCH v3 1/2] drm/tinydrm: Move tinydrm_of_find_backlight into drm_of.c

Noralf Trønnes noralf at tronnes.org
Fri Sep 29 12:33:12 UTC 2017


Den 29.09.2017 14.20, skrev Meghana Madhyastha:
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 02:10:31PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
>> Den 29.09.2017 05.22, skrev Meghana Madhyastha:
>>> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 06:02:27PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
>>>> Den 28.09.2017 16.08, skrev Daniel Vetter:
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 02:44:34PM +0530, Meghana Madhyastha wrote:
>>>>>> Rename tinydrm_of_find_backlight to drm_of_find_backlight
>>>>>> and move it into drm_of.c from tinydrm-helpers.c. This is
>>>>>> because other drivers in the drm subsystem might need to call
>>>>>> this function. In that case and otherwise, it is better from
>>>>>> an organizational point of view to move it into drm_of.c along
>>>>>> with the other _of.c functions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Meghana Madhyastha <meghana.madhyastha at gmail.com>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Changes in v3:
>>>>>> -Change it back to a single patch from two patches in v2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c                       | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c | 40 -----------------------
>>>>>>   drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c             |  3 +-
>>>>>>   include/drm/drm_of.h                           |  1 +
>>>>>>   include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h          |  1 -
>>>>>>   5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
>>>>>> index 8dafbdf..d878d3a 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c
>>>>>> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>>>>>>   #include <linux/component.h>
>>>>>>   #include <linux/export.h>
>>>>>>   #include <linux/list.h>
>>>>>> +#include <linux/backlight.h>
>>>>>>   #include <linux/of_graph.h>
>>>>>>   #include <drm/drmP.h>
>>>>>>   #include <drm/drm_bridge.h>
>>>>>> @@ -260,3 +261,46 @@ int drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(const struct device_node *np,
>>>>>>   	return ret;
>>>>>>   }
>>>>>>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge);
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +/**
>>>>>> + * drm_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.
>>>>>> + *
>>>>>> + * Note: It is the responsibility of the caller to call put_device() when
>>>>>> + * releasing the resource.
>>>>>> + *
>>>>>> + * 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 *drm_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(drm_of_find_backlight);
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c
>>>>>> index bd6cce0..cd4c6a5 100644
>>>>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c
>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/core/tinydrm-helpers.c
>>>>>> @@ -237,46 +237,6 @@ 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);
>>>>>> -
>>>>>> -/**
>>>>>>    * tinydrm_enable_backlight - Enable backlight helper
>>>>>>    * @backlight: Backlight device
>>>>>>    *
>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tinydrm/mi0283qt.c
>>>>>> index 7e5bb7d..5e3d635 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 <drm/drm_of.h>
>>>>>>   #include <linux/delay.h>
>>>>>>   #include <linux/gpio/consumer.h>
>>>>>>   #include <linux/module.h>
>>>>>> @@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ 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 = drm_of_find_backlight(dev);
>>>>>>   	if (IS_ERR(mipi->backlight))
>>>>>>   		return PTR_ERR(mipi->backlight);
>>>>>> diff --git a/include/drm/drm_of.h b/include/drm/drm_of.h
>>>>>> index 104dd51..e8fba5b 100644
>>>>>> --- a/include/drm/drm_of.h
>>>>>> +++ b/include/drm/drm_of.h
>>>>>> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int drm_of_find_panel_or_bridge(const struct device_node *np,
>>>>>>   				int port, int endpoint,
>>>>>>   				struct drm_panel **panel,
>>>>>>   				struct drm_bridge **bridge);
>>>>>> +struct backlight_device *drm_of_find_backlight(struct device *dev);
>>>>>>   #else
>>>>>>   static inline uint32_t drm_of_find_possible_crtcs(struct drm_device *dev,
>>>>>>   						  struct device_node *port)
>>>>> Minor detail I missed: The dummy version for the #else here is missing.
>>>>> Not a problem for tinydrm, but might be an issue for a driver where
>>>>> CONFIG_OF is optional.
>>>> Yeah, we need a dummy version. tinydrm can in theory be used on non-DT
>>>> platforms. The only resource that isn't available there is backlight
>>>> since there is no platform or ACPI way of describing that dependency.
>>>>
>>>> Another problem I discovered when trying to compile this, is that if
>>>> DRM is builtin and LCD_CLASS_DEVICE is a module:
>>>>
>>>> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_of.c:292: undefined reference to
>>>> `of_find_backlight_by_node'
>>>>
>>>> I see that I solved this in tinydrm by just selecting
>>>> BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT and LCD_CLASS_DEVICE. I'm not aware of a way to
>>>> force LCD_CLASS_DEVICE to be builtin if DRM is builtin.
>>>>
>>>> Arnd fixed a similar type of dependecy in the repaper driver by forcing
>>>> repaper to be a module if necessary. To be honest, I don't know why his
>>>> fix works:
>>>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8312a3fe84b96e30a010fa20f933606d976ac002
>>> I didn't quite understand how we could use this fix for the current
>>> case. Isn't this specific to the repaper driver dependency ?
>> This is the solution Daniel mentions:
>>
>>   menuconfig DRM
>>       tristate "Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 4.1.0 and higher DRI
>> support)"
>>       depends on (AGP || AGP=n) && !EMULATED_CMPXCHG && HAS_DMA
>> +   depends on (LCD_CLASS_DEVICE || LCD_CLASS_DEVICE=n)
> I had tried this but it resulted in a recursive dependencies error.

What's the error?
Could this have something to do with tinydrm selecting backlight and 
depending on DRM?

Noralf.

> Regards,
> Meghana
>> We also have another problem: CONFIG_OF=y && CONFIG_LCD_CLASS_DEVICE=n
>> That will result in a missing symbol error.
>>
>> You can try this change to include/linux/backlight.h:
>>
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_OF
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_OF) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LCD_CLASS_DEVICE)
>>   struct backlight_device *of_find_backlight_by_node(struct device_node
>> *node);
>>   #else
>>   static inline struct backlight_device *
>>   of_find_backlight_by_node(struct device_node *node)
>>   {
>>       return NULL;
>>   }
>>   #endif
>>
>> This will need to be a patch of its own since it's another subsystem.
>>
>> You have to try the various kconfig variations to be sure, I'm no kconfig
>> expert.
>> CONFIG_OF=y/n, CONFIG_DRM=y/m, CONFIG_LCD_CLASS_DEVICE=y/m/n
>>
>> Noralf.
> Sure will try this.
>
>>>> Another way of solving this is to put the function in
>>>> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_backlight.c and add a DRM_BACKLIGHT konfig option
>>>> that does the selection.
>>>>
>>>> Noralf.
>>>>
>>>>> Otherwise I think this patch looks good.
>>>>> -Daniel
>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h b/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h
>>>>>> index d554ded..e40ef2d 100644
>>>>>> --- a/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h
>>>>>> +++ b/include/drm/tinydrm/tinydrm-helpers.h
>>>>>> @@ -46,7 +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);
>>>>>>   int tinydrm_enable_backlight(struct backlight_device *backlight);
>>>>>>   int tinydrm_disable_backlight(struct backlight_device *backlight);
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> 2.7.4
>>>>>>



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