2017-04-19 17:59:46

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: [PATCH 1/3] drm/omap: displays: panel-dpi: add backlight dependency

The panel driver gained support for backlight but fails to link now
when that is disabled:

drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/panel-dpi.o: In function `panel_dpi_probe_of':
panel-dpi.c:(.text.panel_dpi_probe_of+0xe8): undefined reference to `of_find_backlight_by_node'

This adds a dependency like we have for the other panel drivers.

Fixes: 39135a305a0f ("drm/omap: displays: panel-dpi: Support for handling backlight devices")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig
index c226da145fb3..a349cb61961e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ config DRM_OMAP_CONNECTOR_ANALOG_TV

config DRM_OMAP_PANEL_DPI
tristate "Generic DPI panel"
+ depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
help
Driver for generic DPI panels.

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2.9.0


2017-04-19 18:01:10

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: [PATCH 2/3] drm/panel: S6E3HA2 needs backlight code

The new S6E3HA2 driver fails to link when backlight is disabled:

ERROR: "backlight_device_register" [drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-samsung-s6e3ha2.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "backlight_device_unregister" [drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-samsung-s6e3ha2.ko] undefined!

This adds a Kconfig dependency like we have it for some other panel drivers.

Fixes: ed29f9426d9b ("drm/panel: Add support for S6E3HA2 panel driver on TM2 board")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
index 3e29a9903303..6eb9774284df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ config DRM_PANEL_SAMSUNG_S6E3HA2
tristate "Samsung S6E3HA2 DSI video mode panel"
depends on OF
depends on DRM_MIPI_DSI
+ depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
select VIDEOMODE_HELPERS

config DRM_PANEL_SAMSUNG_S6E8AA0
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2.9.0

2017-04-19 18:03:42

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: [PATCH 3/3] drm/panel: add backlight dependency for sitronix-st7789v

Without the dependency, we run into a link error:

drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-sitronix-st7789v.o: In function `st7789v_probe':
panel-sitronix-st7789v.c:(.text.st7789v_probe+0xc0): undefined reference to `of_find_backlight_by_node'

Fixes: 7142afb3a186 ("drm/panel: Add driver for sitronix ST7789V LCD controller")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
index 6eb9774284df..04d068177e16 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ config DRM_PANEL_SHARP_LS043T1LE01
config DRM_PANEL_SITRONIX_ST7789V
tristate "Sitronix ST7789V panel"
depends on OF && SPI
+ depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
help
Say Y here if you want to enable support for the Sitronix
ST7789V controller for 240x320 LCD panels
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2.9.0

2017-04-19 20:20:38

by Laurent Pinchart

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm/omap: displays: panel-dpi: add backlight dependency

Hi Arnd,

Thank you for the patch.

On Wednesday 19 Apr 2017 19:59:17 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The panel driver gained support for backlight but fails to link now
> when that is disabled:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/panel-dpi.o: In function
> `panel_dpi_probe_of': panel-dpi.c:(.text.panel_dpi_probe_of+0xe8):
> undefined reference to `of_find_backlight_by_node'
>
> This adds a dependency like we have for the other panel drivers.

I believe the dependency should be made optional. DPI panels that don't need
backlight control should be supported by a kernel that has backlight support
compiled out. How about something like

>From 07a98ab23b2080c79abbf8b5e7479123c50e6be7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 23:13:43 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] backlight: Define API stub when backlight support is disabled

The of_find_backlight_by_node() function has a stubbed when CONFIG_OF is
disabled, but drivers that use backlights optionally will still fail to
link if backlight support is disabled. Fix it by defining the stub when
CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE is disabled.

Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/backlight.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/backlight.h b/include/linux/backlight.h
index 5f2fd61ef4fb..fae0b189f7b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/backlight.h
+++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct generic_bl_info {
void (*kick_battery)(void);
};

-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
struct backlight_device *of_find_backlight_by_node(struct device_node *node);
#else
static inline struct backlight_device *


We might need to create stubs for backlight_force_update() and
backlight_device_set_brightness() too.

> Fixes: 39135a305a0f ("drm/omap: displays: panel-dpi: Support for handling
> backlight devices")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig index c226da145fb3..a349cb61961e
> 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/displays/Kconfig
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ config DRM_OMAP_CONNECTOR_ANALOG_TV
>
> config DRM_OMAP_PANEL_DPI
> tristate "Generic DPI panel"
> + depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
> help
> Driver for generic DPI panels.

--
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

2017-04-19 20:39:22

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm/omap: displays: panel-dpi: add backlight dependency

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Laurent Pinchart
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> This adds a dependency like we have for the other panel drivers.
>
> I believe the dependency should be made optional. DPI panels that don't need
> backlight control should be supported by a kernel that has backlight support
> compiled out.

That would be nice in principle, but I fear this would cause additional
problems.

> --- a/include/linux/backlight.h
> +++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct generic_bl_info {
> void (*kick_battery)(void);
> };
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_OF
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
> struct backlight_device *of_find_backlight_by_node(struct device_node *node);
> #else
> static inline struct backlight_device *
>
>
> We might need to create stubs for backlight_force_update() and
> backlight_device_set_brightness() too.
>

With BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m, you still get a link error when the user is
in a built-in driver. Using 'depends on' usually solves this (except for drivers
that cannot be modules).

There are three possible workarounds for this that I can think of:

- Use 'depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE || BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=n'
in each driver that implements optional backlight support. We do
this elsewhere, but
it's confusing and easy to get wrong.

- use IS_REACHABLE() instead of IS_ENABLED() when testing for
backlight support. This will always result in a kernel that builds cleanly,
but can be surprising for users when backlight support is a module that
gets loaded at boot, but it is still not used.

- Make BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE a 'bool' symbol instead, and force the
core API code to always be built-in or completely disabled. This makes
it really easy to use, at the expense of a larger kernel image for those that
currently use a loadable module.

Arnd

2017-04-20 09:01:23

by Jani Nikula

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm/omap: displays: panel-dpi: add backlight dependency

On Wed, 19 Apr 2017, Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Laurent Pinchart
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> This adds a dependency like we have for the other panel drivers.
>>
>> I believe the dependency should be made optional. DPI panels that don't need
>> backlight control should be supported by a kernel that has backlight support
>> compiled out.
>
> That would be nice in principle, but I fear this would cause additional
> problems.
>
>> --- a/include/linux/backlight.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/backlight.h
>> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct generic_bl_info {
>> void (*kick_battery)(void);
>> };
>>
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_OF
>> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE)
>> struct backlight_device *of_find_backlight_by_node(struct device_node *node);
>> #else
>> static inline struct backlight_device *
>>
>>
>> We might need to create stubs for backlight_force_update() and
>> backlight_device_set_brightness() too.
>>
>
> With BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=m, you still get a link error when the user is
> in a built-in driver. Using 'depends on' usually solves this (except for drivers
> that cannot be modules).
>
> There are three possible workarounds for this that I can think of:
>
> - Use 'depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE || BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=n'
> in each driver that implements optional backlight support. We do
> this elsewhere, but
> it's confusing and easy to get wrong.

FWIW I think this is the fix, and not a workaround.

"depends on FOO || FOO=n" is an expression used throughout the kernel,
and it accurately describes the dependency here. Of course, all drivers
implementing this must still wrap backlight class usage around
IS_ENABLED().

BR,
Jani.

>
> - use IS_REACHABLE() instead of IS_ENABLED() when testing for
> backlight support. This will always result in a kernel that builds cleanly,
> but can be surprising for users when backlight support is a module that
> gets loaded at boot, but it is still not used.
>
> - Make BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE a 'bool' symbol instead, and force the
> core API code to always be built-in or completely disabled. This makes
> it really easy to use, at the expense of a larger kernel image for those that
> currently use a loadable module.
>
> Arnd
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2017-06-14 18:13:28

by Thierry Reding

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] drm/panel: S6E3HA2 needs backlight code

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 07:59:18PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The new S6E3HA2 driver fails to link when backlight is disabled:
>
> ERROR: "backlight_device_register" [drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-samsung-s6e3ha2.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "backlight_device_unregister" [drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-samsung-s6e3ha2.ko] undefined!
>
> This adds a Kconfig dependency like we have it for some other panel drivers.
>
> Fixes: ed29f9426d9b ("drm/panel: Add support for S6E3HA2 panel driver on TM2 board")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Applied to drm-misc-next, thanks.

Thierry


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2017-06-14 18:13:50

by Thierry Reding

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] drm/panel: add backlight dependency for sitronix-st7789v

On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 08:03:08PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> Without the dependency, we run into a link error:
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-sitronix-st7789v.o: In function `st7789v_probe':
> panel-sitronix-st7789v.c:(.text.st7789v_probe+0xc0): undefined reference to `of_find_backlight_by_node'
>
> Fixes: 7142afb3a186 ("drm/panel: Add driver for sitronix ST7789V LCD controller")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/panel/Kconfig | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Applied to drm-misc-next, thanks.

Thierry


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