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-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
index 5063eadac3ef..5950888ae1d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_panel.c
@@ -518,6 +518,17 @@ void intel_panel_disable_backlight(struct drm_device *dev)
struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv = dev->dev_private;
unsigned long flags;
+ /*
+ * Do not disable backlight on the vgaswitcheroo path. When switching
+ * away from i915, the other client may depend on i915 to handle the
+ * backlight. This will leave the backlight on unnecessarily when
+ * another client is not activated.
+ */
+ if (dev->switch_power_state == DRM_SWITCH_POWER_CHANGING) {
+ DRM_DEBUG_DRIVER("Skipping backlight disable on vga switch\n");
+ return;
+ }
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_priv->backlight.lock, flags);
dev_priv->backlight.enabled = false;