From 592c8095b834c86b0cc780de6501d156e0e92e36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Frank Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:36:18 +0300 Subject: ACPI / video: add comments about subtle cases The comment for acpi_video_bqc_quirk is by Felipe Contreras, taken from the git history. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Frank Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/acpi') diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c index 9a607af971e7..e88fe3632dd6 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c @@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ module_param(report_key_events, int, 0644); MODULE_PARM_DESC(report_key_events, "0: none, 1: output changes, 2: brightness changes, 3: all"); +/* + * Whether the struct acpi_video_device_attrib::device_id_scheme bit should be + * assumed even if not actually set. + */ static bool device_id_scheme = false; module_param(device_id_scheme, bool, 0444); @@ -144,7 +148,15 @@ struct acpi_video_device_attrib { the VGA device. */ u32 pipe_id:3; /* For VGA multiple-head devices. */ u32 reserved:10; /* Must be 0 */ - u32 device_id_scheme:1; /* Device ID Scheme */ + + /* + * The device ID might not actually follow the scheme described by this + * struct acpi_video_device_attrib. If it does, then this bit + * device_id_scheme is set; otherwise, other fields should be ignored. + * + * (but also see the global flag device_id_scheme) + */ + u32 device_id_scheme:1; }; struct acpi_video_enumerated_device { @@ -728,7 +740,33 @@ static int acpi_video_bqc_quirk(struct acpi_video_device *device, /* * Some systems always report current brightness level as maximum - * through _BQC, we need to test another value for them. + * through _BQC, we need to test another value for them. However, + * there is a subtlety: + * + * If the _BCL package ordering is descending, the first level + * (br->levels[2]) is likely to be 0, and if the number of levels + * matches the number of steps, we might confuse a returned level to + * mean the index. + * + * For example: + * + * current_level = max_level = 100 + * test_level = 0 + * returned level = 100 + * + * In this case 100 means the level, not the index, and _BCM failed. + * Still, if the _BCL package ordering is descending, the index of + * level 0 is also 100, so we assume _BQC is indexed, when it's not. + * + * This causes all _BQC calls to return bogus values causing weird + * behavior from the user's perspective. For example: + * + * xbacklight -set 10; xbacklight -set 20; + * + * would flash to 90% and then slowly down to the desired level (20). + * + * The solution is simple; test anything other than the first level + * (e.g. 1). */ test_level = current_level == max_level ? br->levels[ACPI_VIDEO_FIRST_LEVEL + 1] @@ -789,6 +827,11 @@ int acpi_video_get_levels(struct acpi_device *device, goto out; } + /* + * Note that we have to reserve 2 extra items (ACPI_VIDEO_FIRST_LEVEL), + * in order to account for buggy BIOS which don't export the first two + * special levels (see below) + */ br->levels = kmalloc((obj->package.count + ACPI_VIDEO_FIRST_LEVEL) * sizeof(*br->levels), GFP_KERNEL); if (!br->levels) { -- cgit v1.2.1