[PATCH v11 08/12] drm/bridge_connector: add luminance support

From: Mario Limonciello (AMD)

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 17:44:48 EST


From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>

Discover the last bridge in a chain that owns brightness control, attach
its relative luminance range to the connector, and forward atomic
luminance updates to it.

Do not infer panel luminance support from a terminal panel bridge. Panels
still have direct consumers, so their connector integration must remain
explicit.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
---
v11:
* Drop .disable_luminance, it clobbered the bridge's saved level; the
bridge disable path already turns the panel off
* Fix checkpatch line length
v10:
* Split bridge connector integration into a separate patch
* Do not special-case panels in the generic bridge connector
---
drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
index 2202e60444449..18927fed83732 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_bridge_connector.c
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ struct drm_bridge_connector {
*/
struct drm_bridge *bridge_hdmi_cec;

+ /**
+ * @bridge_luminance:
+ *
+ * The last bridge in the chain that controls panel luminance.
+ */
+ struct drm_bridge *bridge_luminance;
+
/**
* @hdmi_funcs:
*
@@ -421,6 +428,17 @@ static int drm_bridge_connector_atomic_check(struct drm_connector *connector,
return 0;
}

+static void
+drm_bridge_connector_set_luminance(const struct drm_connector_state *conn_state)
+{
+ struct drm_bridge_connector *bridge_connector =
+ to_drm_bridge_connector(conn_state->connector);
+ struct drm_bridge *bridge = bridge_connector->bridge_luminance;
+
+ if (bridge)
+ bridge->funcs->set_luminance(bridge, conn_state->luminance);
+}
+
static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs drm_bridge_connector_helper_funcs = {
.get_modes = drm_bridge_connector_get_modes,
.detect_ctx = drm_bridge_connector_detect_ctx,
@@ -429,6 +447,7 @@ static const struct drm_connector_helper_funcs drm_bridge_connector_helper_funcs
.enable_hpd = drm_bridge_connector_enable_hpd,
.disable_hpd = drm_bridge_connector_disable_hpd,
.atomic_check = drm_bridge_connector_atomic_check,
+ .set_luminance = drm_bridge_connector_set_luminance,
};

static enum drm_mode_status
@@ -835,6 +854,7 @@ static void drm_bridge_connector_put_bridges(struct drm_device *dev, void *data)
drm_bridge_put(bridge_connector->bridge_hdmi_audio);
drm_bridge_put(bridge_connector->bridge_dp_audio);
drm_bridge_put(bridge_connector->bridge_hdmi_cec);
+ drm_bridge_put(bridge_connector->bridge_luminance);
}

/**
@@ -918,6 +938,13 @@ struct drm_connector *drm_bridge_connector_init(struct drm_device *drm,
drm_bridge_put(bridge_connector->bridge_detect);
bridge_connector->bridge_detect = drm_bridge_get(bridge);
}
+ if (bridge->ops & DRM_BRIDGE_OP_LUMINANCE) {
+ if (!bridge->funcs->set_luminance)
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ drm_bridge_put(bridge_connector->bridge_luminance);
+ bridge_connector->bridge_luminance = drm_bridge_get(bridge);
+ }
if (bridge->ops & DRM_BRIDGE_OP_HDMI) {
if (bridge_connector->bridge_hdmi)
return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
@@ -1144,6 +1171,18 @@ struct drm_connector *drm_bridge_connector_init(struct drm_device *drm,
if (panel_bridge)
drm_panel_bridge_set_orientation(connector, panel_bridge);

+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_LUMINANCE) &&
+ bridge_connector->bridge_luminance &&
+ !connector->luminance_property) {
+ struct drm_bridge *bridge = bridge_connector->bridge_luminance;
+
+ ret = drm_connector_attach_luminance_property(connector, 0,
+ bridge->luminance_max,
+ bridge->luminance);
+ if (ret)
+ return ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
+
if (support_hdcp && IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_HELPER) &&
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_DISPLAY_HDCP_HELPER))
drm_connector_attach_content_protection_property(connector, true);

--
2.53.0