[PATCH v10 02/15] drm/amd/display: Pass up errors reading actual brightness
From: Mario Limonciello (AMD)
Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 13:58:06 EST
From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
[Why]
If the DC API fails to return actual brightness when backlight control
API requests it, then the wrong value may be returned.
[How]
Change return type of amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level() to an integer
and pass an error code up to the caller.
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c | 13 +++++++++----
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h | 2 +-
.../amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c
index cb74b00723fda..0f664c658a127 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ int amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd)
EXPORT_IF_KUNIT(amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status);
STATIC_IFN_KUNIT
-u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx)
+int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx)
{
int ret;
struct amdgpu_dm_backlight_caps caps;
@@ -451,14 +451,14 @@ u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx)
u32 avg, peak;
if (!dc_link_get_backlight_level_nits(link, &avg, &peak))
- return dm->brightness[bl_idx];
+ return -EINVAL;
return convert_brightness_to_user(&caps, avg);
}
ret = dc_link_get_backlight_level(link);
if (ret == DC_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)
- return dm->brightness[bl_idx];
+ return -EINVAL;
return convert_brightness_to_user(&caps, ret);
}
@@ -469,8 +469,13 @@ int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd)
{
struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm = bl_get_data(bd);
int i = amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_device_index(dm, bd);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, i);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return dm->brightness[i];
- return amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, i);
+ return ret;
}
EXPORT_IF_KUNIT(amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness);
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h
index 9ad888d3ae7b2..891749322191c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/amdgpu_dm_backlight.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ void amdgpu_dm_validate_backlight_caps(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl
struct dc_stream_state *dm_find_stream_with_link(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm,
struct dc_link *link);
int amdgpu_dm_backlight_update_status(struct backlight_device *bd);
-u32 amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx);
+int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(struct amdgpu_display_manager *dm, int bl_idx);
int amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd);
ssize_t panel_power_savings_show(struct device *device,
struct device_attribute *attr,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c
index 5221050dec2f1..b21850788f36f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/amdgpu_dm/tests/amdgpu_dm_backlight_test.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static void dm_test_backlight_get_level_pwm_error(struct kunit *test)
dm->brightness[0] = 4321;
dm->backlight_link[0] = link;
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), 4321U);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), -EINVAL);
}
/**
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static void dm_test_backlight_get_level_aux_error(struct kunit *test)
caps->caps_valid = true;
caps->aux_support = true;
- KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), 6789U);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, amdgpu_dm_backlight_get_level(dm, 0), -EINVAL);
}
/**
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