[RFC v2] drm/connector: Add support for privacy-screen properties (v2)

[Pekka Paalanen]

On Mon, 11 May 2020 19:47:24 +0200
Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com> wrote:

> From: Rajat Jain <rajatja at google.com>
> 
> Add support for generic electronic privacy screen properties, that
> can be added by systems that have an integrated EPS.
> 
> Changes in v2 (Hans de Goede)
> - Create 2 properties, "privacy-screen sw-state" and
>   "privacy-screen hw-state", to deal with devices where the OS might be
>   locked out of making state changes
> - Write kerneldoc explaining how the 2 properties work together, what
>   happens when changes to the state are made outside of the DRM code's
>   control, etc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rajat Jain <rajatja at google.com>
> Co-authored-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede at redhat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/gpu/drm-kms.rst     |   2 +
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_atomic_uapi.c |   6 ++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c   | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/drm/drm_connector.h       |  50 +++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 158 insertions(+)

...

> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> index 644f0ad10671..01360edc2376 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_connector.c
> @@ -1186,6 +1186,45 @@ static const struct drm_prop_enum_list dp_colorspaces[] = {
>   *	can also expose this property to external outputs, in which case they
>   *	must support "None", which should be the default (since external screens
>   *	have a built-in scaler).
> + *
> + * privacy-screen sw-state, privacy-screen hw-state:
> + *	These 2 optional properties can be used to query the state of the
> + *	electronic privacy screen that is available on some displays; and in
> + *	some cases also control the state. If a driver implements these
> + *	properties then both properties must be present.
> + *
> + *	"privacy-screen hw-state" is read-only and reflects the actual state
> + *	of the privacy-screen, possible values: "Enabled", "Disabled,
> + *	"Enabled, locked", "Disabled, locked". The locked states indicate
> + *	that the state cannot be changed through the DRM API. E.g. there
> + *	might be devices where the firmware-setup options, or a hardware
> + *	slider-switch, offer always on / off modes.
> + *
> + *	"privacy-screen sw-state" can be set to change the privacy-screen state
> + *	when not locked. In this case the driver must update the hw-state
> + *	property to reflect the new state on completion of the commit of the
> + *	sw-state property. Setting the sw-state property when the hw-state is
> + *	locked must be interpreted by the driver as a request to change the
> + *	state to the set state when the hw-state becomes unlocked. E.g. if
> + *	"privacy-screen hw-state" is "Enabled, locked" and the sw-state
> + *	gets set to "Disabled" followed by the user unlocking the state by
> + *	changing the slider-switch position, then the driver must set the
> + *	state to "Disabled" upon receiving the unlock event.
> + *
> + *	In some cases the privacy-screen state might change outside of control
> + *	of the DRM code. E.g. there might be a firmware handled hotkey which
> + *	toggles the state, or the state might be changed through another

Hi,

in the above three lines, I'd use the term "hardware state" instead of
just "state" to be explicit. Or should it be "physical state" since
"hardware state" might be confused with "hw-state" property state?

I don't mind as long as it's unambiguous and distinguishes explicitly
between actual and the two property states.

> + *	userspace API such as writing /proc/acpi/ibm/lcdshadow. In this case
> + *	the driver must update both the hw-state and the sw-state to reflect
> + *	the new value, overwriting any pending state requests in the sw-state.
> + *
> + *	Note that the ability for the state to change outside of control of
> + *	the DRM master process means that userspace must not cache the value
> + *	of the sw-state. Ccaching the sw-state value and including it in later

Extra 'c' in "Caching".

> + *	atomic commits may lead to overriding a state change done through e.g.
> + *	a firmware handled hotkey. Therefor userspace must not include the
> + *	privacy-screen sw-state in an atomic commit unless it wants to change
> + *	its value.
>   */

This documentation and intended behaviour looks perfect to me. If you
can record an R-b just for the doc, please have:

Reviewed-by: Pekka Paalanen <pekka.paalanen at collabora.com>

You can also downgrade that to Acked-by for the whole patch from my
behalf.


Thanks,
pq
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