[PATCH v5 1/4] drm: Add panel backlight quirks

Thomas Weißschuh linux at weissschuh.net
Thu Aug 22 06:12:01 UTC 2024


On 2024-08-21 15:51:17+0000, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> On 8/18/2024 01:56, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > Panels using a PWM-controlled backlight source do not have a standard
> > way to communicate their valid PWM ranges.
> > On x86 the ranges are read from ACPI through driver-specific tables.
> > The built-in ranges are not necessarily correct, or may grow stale if an
> > older device can be retrofitted with newer panels.
> > 
> > Add a quirk infrastructure with which the minimum valid backlight value
> > can be maintained as part of the kernel.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux at weissschuh.net>
> > Tested-by: Dustin L. Howett <dustin at howett.net>
> 
> One small nit below but otherwise this patch is fine to me.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
> 
> > ---
> >   Documentation/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.rst        |  3 ++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig                      |  4 ++
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile                     |  1 +
> >   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_backlight_quirks.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >   include/drm/drm_utils.h                      |  4 ++
> >   5 files changed, 82 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.rst b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.rst
> > index 8435e8621cc0..a26989500129 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/gpu/drm-kms-helpers.rst
> > @@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ Panel Helper Reference
> >   .. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_orientation_quirks.c
> >      :export:
> > +.. kernel-doc:: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_backlight_quirks.c
> > +   :export:
> > +
> >   Panel Self Refresh Helper Reference
> >   ===================================
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > index 6b2c6b91f962..9ebb8cdb535e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> > @@ -454,6 +454,10 @@ config DRM_HYPERV
> >   config DRM_EXPORT_FOR_TESTS
> >   	bool
> > +# Separate option as not all DRM drivers use it
> > +config DRM_PANEL_BACKLIGHT_QUIRKS
> > +	tristate
> > +
> >   config DRM_LIB_RANDOM
> >   	bool
> >   	default n
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> > index 68cc9258ffc4..adf85999aee2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile
> > @@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ drm-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANIC) += drm_panic.o
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_DRM)	+= drm.o
> >   obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_ORIENTATION_QUIRKS) += drm_panel_orientation_quirks.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_PANEL_BACKLIGHT_QUIRKS) += drm_panel_backlight_quirks.o
> >   #
> >   # Memory-management helpers
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_backlight_quirks.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_backlight_quirks.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..6b8bbed77c7f
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_panel_backlight_quirks.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +
> > +#include <linux/array_size.h>
> > +#include <linux/dmi.h>
> > +#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <drm/drm_edid.h>
> > +#include <drm/drm_utils.h>
> > +
> > +struct drm_panel_min_backlight_quirk {
> > +	struct {
> > +		enum dmi_field field;
> > +		const char * const value;
> > +	} dmi_match;
> > +	struct drm_edid_ident ident;
> > +	u8 min_brightness;
> > +};
> > +
> > +static const struct drm_panel_min_backlight_quirk drm_panel_min_backlight_quirks[] = {
> > +};
> > +
> > +static bool drm_panel_min_backlight_quirk_matches(const struct drm_panel_min_backlight_quirk *quirk,
> > +						  const struct drm_edid *edid)
> > +{
> > +	if (!dmi_match(quirk->dmi_match.field, quirk->dmi_match.value))
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	if (!drm_edid_match(edid, &quirk->ident))
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * drm_get_panel_min_brightness_quirk - Get minimum supported brightness level for a panel.
> > + * @edid: EDID of the panel to check
> > + *
> > + * This function checks for platform specific (e.g. DMI based) quirks
> > + * providing info on the minimum backlight brightness for systems where this
> > + * cannot be probed correctly from the hard-/firm-ware.
> > + *
> > + * Returns:
> > + * A negative error value or
> > + * an override value in the range [0, 255] representing 0-100% to be scaled to
> > + * the drivers target range.
> > + */
> > +int drm_get_panel_min_brightness_quirk(const struct drm_edid *edid)
> > +{
> > +	const struct drm_panel_min_backlight_quirk *quirk;
> > +	size_t i;
> 
> Nit: this doesn't really seem like it needs to be size_t.  Shouldn't it just
> be an unsigned int?

ARRAY_SIZE() works with sizeof() which returns size_t.
It doesn't really matter, but I slightly prefer to keep the size_t.

> > +
> > +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DMI))
> > +		return -ENODATA;
> > +
> > +	if (!edid)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(drm_panel_min_backlight_quirks); i++) {
> > +		quirk = &drm_panel_min_backlight_quirks[i];
> > +
> > +		if (drm_panel_min_backlight_quirk_matches(quirk, edid))
> > +			return quirk->min_brightness;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	return -ENODATA;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_get_panel_min_brightness_quirk);
> > +
> > +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Quirks for panel backlight overrides");
> > +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> > diff --git a/include/drm/drm_utils.h b/include/drm/drm_utils.h
> > index 70775748d243..15fa9b6865f4 100644
> > --- a/include/drm/drm_utils.h
> > +++ b/include/drm/drm_utils.h
> > @@ -12,8 +12,12 @@
> >   #include <linux/types.h>
> > +struct drm_edid;
> > +
> >   int drm_get_panel_orientation_quirk(int width, int height);
> > +int drm_get_panel_min_brightness_quirk(const struct drm_edid *edid);
> > +
> >   signed long drm_timeout_abs_to_jiffies(int64_t timeout_nsec);
> >   #endif
> > 
> 


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