Re: [PATCH v2] platform/loongarch: laptop: explicitly reset the bl_powered state when resuming

[Xi Ruoyao]

On Thu, 2026-07-23 at 20:18 +0800, Zixing Liu wrote:
> On EAECIS NL60R with EC firmware version 1.11, resuming from S3 has a very
> high chance (>= 90%) of causing the EC to lose the previous backlight
> power state. When this happens, the laptop resumes normally from S3, but
> the backlight remains off (when shining on the screen with a flash light,
> we can see the screen contents are updating normally).
> 
> Since there is no generic way to query the EC's backlight state on
> Loongson laptop platforms, assume the worst-case scenario and restart the
> backlight power inside the kernel each time the system resumes.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 53c762b47f72 ("platform/loongarch: laptop: Add backlight power control support")
> Signed-off-by: Zixing Liu <liushuyu@xxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Move bl_powered reset logic to loongson_hotkey_suspend.
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/loongarch/20260722044457.1333404-1-liushuyu@xxxxxxx/
> 
> ---
>  drivers/platform/loongarch/loongson-laptop.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/loongarch/loongson-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/loongarch/loongson-laptop.c
> index 61b18ac206c9..dc8142f4fa95 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/loongarch/loongson-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/loongarch/loongson-laptop.c
> @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static int __init setup_acpi_notify(struct generic_sub_driver *sub_driver)
>  
>  static int loongson_hotkey_suspend(struct device *dev)
>  {
> +	bl_powered = false;
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  

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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xxxxxxxxxxx>