This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled drm/panel: simple: Add missing panel_simple_unprepare() calls to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: drm-panel-simple-add-missing-panel_simple_unprepare-calls.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From f3621a8eb59a913612c8e6e37d81f16b649f8b6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Liu <net147@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 21:55:45 +1000 Subject: drm/panel: simple: Add missing panel_simple_unprepare() calls From: Jonathan Liu <net147@xxxxxxxxx> commit f3621a8eb59a913612c8e6e37d81f16b649f8b6c upstream. During panel removal or system shutdown panel_simple_disable() is called which disables the panel backlight but the panel is still powered due to missing calls to panel_simple_unprepare(). Fixes: d02fd93e2cd8 ("drm/panel: simple - Disable panel on shutdown") Signed-off-by: Jonathan Liu <net147@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20170807115545.27747-1-net147@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c @@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ static int panel_simple_remove(struct de drm_panel_remove(&panel->base); panel_simple_disable(&panel->base); + panel_simple_unprepare(&panel->base); if (panel->ddc) put_device(&panel->ddc->dev); @@ -367,6 +368,7 @@ static void panel_simple_shutdown(struct struct panel_simple *panel = dev_get_drvdata(dev); panel_simple_disable(&panel->base); + panel_simple_unprepare(&panel->base); } static const struct drm_display_mode ampire_am800480r3tmqwa1h_mode = { Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from net147@xxxxxxxxx are queue-4.4/drm-panel-simple-add-missing-panel_simple_unprepare-calls.patch