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Message-ID: <20220610224306.325a6c91@heffalump.sk2.org>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:43:06 +0200
From:   Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
To:     Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Noralf Trønnes 
        <noralf@...nnes.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Len Baker <len.baker@....com>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ftbft: Use backlight helper

Hi Sam,

On Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:22:59 +0200, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2022 at 08:55:16PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> > backlight_properties.fb_blank is deprecated. The states it represents
> > are handled by other properties; but instead of accessing those
> > properties directly, drivers should use the helpers provided by
> > backlight.h.
> > 
> > Instead of manually checking the power state in struct
> > backlight_properties, use backlight_is_blank().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> > Cc: "Noralf Trønnes" <noralf@...nnes.org>
> > Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> > Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Len Baker <len.baker@....com>
> > Cc: dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
> > Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c | 3 +--
> >  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c | 3 +--
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c index 6fd549a424d5..b8d55aa8c5c7
> > 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > @@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ static int update_onboard_backlight(struct
> > backlight_device *bd) "%s: power=%d, fb_blank=%d\n",
> >  		      __func__, bd->props.power, bd->props.fb_blank);  
> Could you try to kill this use of props.fb_blank too?      ^^^^^^
> A local variable should do the trick.

I have a pending patch changing this to show props.state instead, that way
the debug info shows all the backlight-relevant information from props. How
does that sound?

Regards,

Stephen

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