RE: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix broken kbd backlight on Inspiron 10xx

From: Mario.Limonciello
Date: Wed Sep 25 2019 - 09:18:26 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pacien TRAN-GIRARD <pacien.trangirard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 4:48 AM
> Cc: Pali RohÃr; Limonciello, Mario; Matthew Garrett; Darren Hart; Andy
> Shevchenko; Platform Driver; Linux Kernel Mailing List
> Subject: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix broken kbd backlight on
> Inspiron 10xx
>
>
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
>
> This patch adds a quirk disabling keyboard backlight support for the
> Dell Inspiron 1012 and 1018.
>
> Those models wrongly report supporting keyboard backlight control
> features (through SMBIOS tokens) even though they're not equipped with
> a backlit keyboard. This led to broken controls being exposed
> through sysfs by this driver which froze the system when used.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107651
> Signed-off-by: Pacien TRAN-GIRARD <pacien.trangirard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-
> laptop.c
> index d27be2836bc2..ffe5abbdadda 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>
> struct quirk_entry {
> bool touchpad_led;
> + bool kbd_broken_backlight;
> bool kbd_led_levels_off_1;
> bool kbd_missing_ac_tag;
>
> @@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ static struct quirk_entry quirk_dell_latitude_e6410 = {
> .kbd_led_levels_off_1 = true,
> };
>
> +static struct quirk_entry quirk_dell_inspiron_1012 = {
> + .kbd_broken_backlight = true,
> +};
> +
> static struct platform_driver platform_driver = {
> .driver = {
> .name = "dell-laptop",
> @@ -310,6 +315,24 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id dell_quirks[]
> __initconst = {
> },
> .driver_data = &quirk_dell_latitude_e6410,
> },
> + {
> + .callback = dmi_matched,
> + .ident = "Dell Inspiron 1012",
> + .matches = {
> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Inspiron 1012"),
> + },
> + .driver_data = &quirk_dell_inspiron_1012,
> + },
> + {
> + .callback = dmi_matched,
> + .ident = "Dell Inspiron 1018",
> + .matches = {
> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_SYS_VENDOR, "Dell Inc."),
> + DMI_MATCH(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME, "Inspiron 1018"),
> + },
> + .driver_data = &quirk_dell_inspiron_1012,
> + },
> { }
> };
>
> @@ -2040,6 +2063,9 @@ static int __init kbd_led_init(struct device *dev)
> {
> int ret;
>
> + if (quirks && quirks->kbd_broken_backlight)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> kbd_init();
> if (!kbd_led_present)
> return -ENODEV;
> --
> 2.19.2

Looks fine to me, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx>