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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/video_detect.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index 815f75ef2411..2922f1f252d5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/pci.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <acpi/video.h>
ACPI_MODULE_NAME("video");
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ void acpi_video_unregister_backlight(void);
static bool backlight_notifier_registered;
static struct notifier_block backlight_nb;
+static struct work_struct backlight_notify_work;
static enum acpi_backlight_type acpi_backlight_cmdline = acpi_backlight_undef;
static enum acpi_backlight_type acpi_backlight_dmi = acpi_backlight_undef;
@@ -262,6 +264,13 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id video_detect_dmi_table[] = {
{ },
};
+/* This uses a workqueue to avoid various locking ordering issues */
+static void acpi_video_backlight_notify_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ if (acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_video)
+ acpi_video_unregister_backlight();
+}
+
static int acpi_video_backlight_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
unsigned long val, void *bd)
{
@@ -269,9 +278,8 @@ static int acpi_video_backlight_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
/* A raw bl registering may change video -> native */
if (backlight->props.type == BACKLIGHT_RAW &&
- val == BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED &&
- acpi_video_get_backlight_type() != acpi_backlight_video)
- acpi_video_unregister_backlight();
+ val == BACKLIGHT_REGISTERED)
+ schedule_work(&backlight_notify_work);
return NOTIFY_OK;
}
@@ -304,6 +312,8 @@ enum acpi_backlight_type acpi_video_get_backlight_type(void)
acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_DEVICE, ACPI_ROOT_OBJECT,
ACPI_UINT32_MAX, find_video, NULL,
&video_caps, NULL);
+ INIT_WORK(&backlight_notify_work,
+ acpi_video_backlight_notify_work);
backlight_nb.notifier_call = acpi_video_backlight_notify;
backlight_nb.priority = 0;
if (backlight_register_notifier(&backlight_nb) == 0)