Based on an idea from Emil Velikov
add a helper that checks backlight_is_blank() and return 0 as brightness
if display is blank or the property value if not.
This allows us to simplify the update_status() implementation
in most of the backlight drivers.
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg
Cc: Emil Velikov
Cc: Lee Jones
Cc: Daniel Thompson
Cc: Jingoo Han
---
include/linux/backlight.h | 19 +++
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h
index c6ac4cbb9ddb..38db67588b16 100644
--- a/include/linux/backlight.h
+++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
@@ -417,6 +417,25 @@ static inline bool backlight_is_blank(const struct
backlight_device *bd)
bd->props.state & (BL_CORE_SUSPENDED | BL_CORE_FBBLANK);
}
+/**
+ * backlight_get_brightness - Returns the current brightness value
+ * @bd: the backlight device
+ *
+ * Returns the current brightness value, taking in consideration the current
+ * state. If backlight_is_blank() returns true then return 0 as brightness
+ * otherwise return the current brightness property value.
+ *
+ * Backlight drivers are expected to use this function in their update_status()
+ * operation to get the brightness value.
+ */
+static inline int backlight_get_brightness(const struct backlight_device *bd)
+{
+ if (backlight_is_blank(bd))
+ return 0;
+ else
+ return bd->props.brightness;
+}
+
struct backlight_device *
backlight_device_register(const char *name, struct device *dev, void *devdata,
const struct backlight_ops *ops,
--
2.25.1
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