linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 3/5] drm/dp: Don't read back backlight mode in drm_edp_backlight

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Date:   Fri,  5 Nov 2021 14:33:40 -0400
From:   Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH v5 3/5] drm/dp: Don't read back backlight mode in drm_edp_backlight_enable()

As it turns out, apparently some machines will actually leave additional
backlight functionality like dynamic backlight control on before the OS
loads. Currently we don't take care to disable unsupported features when
writing back the backlight mode, which can lead to some rather strange
looking behavior when adjusting the backlight.

So, let's fix this by just not reading back the current backlight mode on
initial enable. I don't think there should really be any downsides to this,
and this will ensure we don't leave any unsupported functionality enabled.

This should fix at least one (but not all) of the issues seen with DPCD
backlight support on fi-bdw-samus

v5:
* Just avoid reading back DPCD register - Doug Anderson

Signed-off-by: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
Fixes: 867cf9cd73c3 ("drm/dp: Extract i915's eDP backlight code into DRM helpers")
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c | 40 ++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
index ada0a1ff262d..af2aad2f4725 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c
@@ -3363,27 +3363,13 @@ int drm_edp_backlight_enable(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, const struct drm_edp_backli
 			     const u16 level)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u8 dpcd_buf, new_dpcd_buf;
+	u8 dpcd_buf = DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_CONTROL_MODE_DPCD;
 
-	ret = drm_dp_dpcd_readb(aux, DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_MODE_SET_REGISTER, &dpcd_buf);
-	if (ret != 1) {
-		drm_dbg_kms(aux->drm_dev,
-			    "%s: Failed to read backlight mode: %d\n", aux->name, ret);
-		return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
-	}
-
-	new_dpcd_buf = dpcd_buf;
-
-	if ((dpcd_buf & DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_CONTROL_MODE_MASK) != DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_CONTROL_MODE_DPCD) {
-		new_dpcd_buf &= ~DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_CONTROL_MODE_MASK;
-		new_dpcd_buf |= DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_CONTROL_MODE_DPCD;
-
-		if (bl->pwmgen_bit_count) {
-			ret = drm_dp_dpcd_writeb(aux, DP_EDP_PWMGEN_BIT_COUNT, bl->pwmgen_bit_count);
-			if (ret != 1)
-				drm_dbg_kms(aux->drm_dev, "%s: Failed to write aux pwmgen bit count: %d\n",
-					    aux->name, ret);
-		}
+	if (bl->pwmgen_bit_count) {
+		ret = drm_dp_dpcd_writeb(aux, DP_EDP_PWMGEN_BIT_COUNT, bl->pwmgen_bit_count);
+		if (ret != 1)
+			drm_dbg_kms(aux->drm_dev, "%s: Failed to write aux pwmgen bit count: %d\n",
+				    aux->name, ret);
 	}
 
 	if (bl->pwm_freq_pre_divider) {
@@ -3393,16 +3379,14 @@ int drm_edp_backlight_enable(struct drm_dp_aux *aux, const struct drm_edp_backli
 				    "%s: Failed to write aux backlight frequency: %d\n",
 				    aux->name, ret);
 		else
-			new_dpcd_buf |= DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_FREQ_AUX_SET_ENABLE;
+			dpcd_buf |= DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_FREQ_AUX_SET_ENABLE;
 	}
 
-	if (new_dpcd_buf != dpcd_buf) {
-		ret = drm_dp_dpcd_writeb(aux, DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_MODE_SET_REGISTER, new_dpcd_buf);
-		if (ret != 1) {
-			drm_dbg_kms(aux->drm_dev, "%s: Failed to write aux backlight mode: %d\n",
-				    aux->name, ret);
-			return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
-		}
+	ret = drm_dp_dpcd_writeb(aux, DP_EDP_BACKLIGHT_MODE_SET_REGISTER, dpcd_buf);
+	if (ret != 1) {
+		drm_dbg_kms(aux->drm_dev, "%s: Failed to write aux backlight mode: %d\n",
+			    aux->name, ret);
+		return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
 	}
 
 	ret = drm_edp_backlight_set_level(aux, bl, level);
-- 
2.31.1