From dfb4bf1ac40162ff5ea3715a10f6af2dcf3030c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Zimmermann Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:53:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fbdev: Send old blank state in FB_EVENT_BLANK The event FB_EVENT_BLANK sends the new blank state in the event's data field. Also send the old state. It's an additional field in the data array; existing receivers won't notice the difference. The backlight subsystem currently tracks blank state per display per backlight. That is not optimal as it ties backlight code to fbdev. A subsystem should not track internal state of another subsystem. With both, new and old, blank state in FB_EVENT_BLANK, the backlight code will not require its own state tracker any longer. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Acked-by: Simona Vetter Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250321095517.313713-4-tzimmermann@suse.de Signed-off-by: Lee Jones --- drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c index 5d1529d300b75..9650b641d8e84 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c @@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ int fb_blank(struct fb_info *info, int blank) { int old_blank = info->blank; struct fb_event event; + int data[2]; int ret; if (!info->fbops->fb_blank) @@ -351,8 +352,10 @@ int fb_blank(struct fb_info *info, int blank) if (blank > FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN) blank = FB_BLANK_POWERDOWN; + data[0] = blank; + data[1] = old_blank; event.info = info; - event.data = ␣ + event.data = data; info->blank = blank; -- 2.47.2