linux-kernel - [011/104] drm/i915: Fix inconsistent backlight level during disabled

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Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:11:13 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	<torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Alex Davis <alex14641@...oo.com>,
	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>, Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Subject: [011/104] drm/i915: Fix inconsistent backlight level during disabled

3.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>

commit 04b38670cf46c096705f24e92a8747d1ab89e53c upstream.

When the brightness property is inquired while the backlight is disabled,
the driver returns a wrong value (zero) because it probes the value after
the backlight was turned off.  This caused a black screen even after the
backlight is enabled again.  It should return the internal backlight_level
instead, so that it won't be influenced by the backlight-enable state.

BugLink: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41926
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/872652

Tested-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Cc: Alex Davis <alex14641@...oo.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ static int intel_panel_update_status(str
 static int intel_panel_get_brightness(struct backlight_device *bd)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev = bl_get_data(bd);
-	return intel_panel_get_backlight(dev);
+	struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
+	return dev_priv->backlight_level;
 }
 
 static const struct backlight_ops intel_panel_bl_ops = {


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