[PATCH v11 10/12] drm/gud: add connector luminance support

From: Mario Limonciello (AMD)

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 17:45:55 EST


From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>

Expose GUD display brightness through the connector LUMINANCE property
when DRM_LUMINANCE is enabled. The value is mirrored into tv.brightness
during atomic check so it is sent to the device with
GUD_REQ_SET_STATE_CHECK in the same commit.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx>
---
v11:
* Apply LUMINANCE in the atomic commit instead of a worker, fixing an
endless commit loop, a use-after-free on disconnect and brightness
being clobbered on DPMS off (Sashiko)
* Attach the property at connector init (Sashiko)
* Keep selecting BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE (Sashiko)
---
drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_connector.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_connector.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_connector.c
index ddbf3b3ebbca8..bfb298bbc9b51 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_connector.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gud/gud_connector.c
@@ -292,10 +292,19 @@ static int gud_connector_atomic_check(struct drm_connector *connector,
struct drm_connector_state *old_state;

new_state = drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state(state, connector);
+ old_state = drm_atomic_get_old_connector_state(state, connector);
+
+ /*
+ * LUMINANCE is sent to the device as tv.brightness in the same commit,
+ * the brightness change below then triggers GUD_REQ_SET_STATE_CHECK.
+ */
+ if (connector->luminance_property &&
+ old_state->luminance != new_state->luminance)
+ new_state->tv.brightness = new_state->luminance;
+
if (!new_state->crtc)
return 0;

- old_state = drm_atomic_get_old_connector_state(state, connector);
new_crtc_state = drm_atomic_get_new_crtc_state(state, new_state->crtc);

if (old_state->tv.margins.left != new_state->tv.margins.left ||
@@ -324,7 +333,7 @@ static int gud_connector_late_register(struct drm_connector *connector)
{
struct gud_connector *gconn = to_gud_connector(connector);

- if (gconn->initial_brightness < 0)
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_LUMINANCE) || gconn->initial_brightness < 0)
return 0;

return gud_connector_backlight_register(gconn);
@@ -699,6 +708,13 @@ static int gud_connector_create(struct gud_device *gdrm, unsigned int index,
return ret;
}

+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_LUMINANCE) && gconn->initial_brightness >= 0) {
+ ret = drm_connector_attach_luminance_property(connector, 0, 100,
+ gconn->initial_brightness);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+
gconn->encoder.possible_crtcs = drm_crtc_mask(&gdrm->crtc);
ret = drm_encoder_init(drm, &gconn->encoder, &gud_drm_simple_encoder_funcs_cleanup,
DRM_MODE_ENCODER_NONE, NULL);

--
2.53.0