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Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:49:09 +0200
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To:     Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Noralf =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tr=F8nnes?= <noralf@tronnes.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
        Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com>, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ftbft: Use backlight helper
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On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:43:06PM +0200, Stephen Kitt wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> 
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:22:59 +0200, Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.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@sk2.org>
> > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> > > Cc: "Noralf Tr?nnes" <noralf@tronnes.org>
> > > Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> > > Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> > > Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
> > > Cc: Len Baker <len.baker@gmx.com>
> > > Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> > > Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
> > > Cc: linux-staging@lists.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?
In the end we want to have only _one_ state for backlight, so the
simpler solution that just use one of the helpers would be better.
For this driver there is no reason to do much anyway.

	Sam