Hi Sam,
On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 21:29:43 +0100, Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 08, 2023 at 08:28:17PM +0100, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> > On Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:26:23 +0100, Sam Ravnborg via B4 Submission
> > Endpoint <devnull+sam.ravnborg.org@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Avoiding direct access to backlight_properties.props.
> > >
> > > Access to the deprecated props.fb_blank replaced by
> > > backlight_is_blank(). Access to props.power is dropped - it was only
> > > used for debug.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > ---
> > > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c | 9 +++------
> > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > > b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c index b8d55aa8c5c7..995fbd2f3dc6
> > > 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
> > > @@ -190,15 +190,12 @@ static struct fbtft_display display = {
> > > static int update_onboard_backlight(struct backlight_device *bd)
> > > {
> > > struct fbtft_par *par = bl_get_data(bd);
> > > - bool on;
> > > + bool blank = backlight_is_blank(bd);
> > >
> > > - fbtft_par_dbg(DEBUG_BACKLIGHT, par,
> > > - "%s: power=%d, fb_blank=%d\n",
> > > - __func__, bd->props.power, bd->props.fb_blank);
> > > + fbtft_par_dbg(DEBUG_BACKLIGHT, par, "%s: blank=%d\n", __func__,
> > > blank);
> > > - on = !backlight_is_blank(bd);
> > > /* Onboard backlight connected to GPIO0 on SSD1351, GPIO1
> > > unused */
> > > - write_reg(par, 0xB5, on ? 0x03 : 0x02);
> > > + write_reg(par, 0xB5, !blank ? 0x03 : 0x02);
> > >
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.34.1
> >
> > For debugging purposes here, would there be any point in logging
> > props.state? As in
> >
> > fbtft_par_dbg(DEBUG_BACKLIGHT, par,
> > - "%s: power=%d, fb_blank=%d\n",
> > - __func__, bd->props.power, bd->props.fb_blank);
> > + "%s: power=%d, state=%u\n",
> > + __func__, bd->props.power, bd->props.state);
>
> Thanks for the suggestion - and the reviews!
>
> I was tempted to just remove the debugging.
> If we require debugging, then this could be added in the backlight core,
> thus everyone would benefit from it.
>
> The solution above avoid any direct use of backlight_properties
> which I consider a layer violation outside the backlight core.
> (We cannot avoid it today with the current interface - but we can
> minimize it).
Ah yes, ideally backlight_properties should be viewed as an opaque structure,
that makes sense.
Regards,
Stephen
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