# Re: \[PATCH v2 05/38\] backlight/lv5207lp: Compare against struct fb\_info.device

- From: Daniel Thompson \<hidden\>
- Date: 2023-06-13 10:40:14 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2023/06/2231441
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2023/06/2230006/t.md

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On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 04:07:43PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Struct lv5207lp_platform_data refers to a platform device within
> the Linux device hierarchy. The test in lv5207lp_backlight_check_fb()
> compares it against the fbdev device in struct fb_info.dev, which
> is different. Fix the test by comparing to struct fb_info.device.
>
> Fixes a bug in the backlight driver and prepares fbdev for making
> struct fb_info.dev optional.
>
> v2:
> 	* move renames into separate patch (Javier, Sam, Michael)
>
> Fixes: 82e5c40d88f9 ("backlight: Add Sanyo LV5207LP backlight driver")
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Cc: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@ideasonboard.com>
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
> Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
> Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
> Cc: Lee Jones <lee@kernel.org>
> Cc: Daniel Thompson <redacted>
> Cc: Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@gmail.com>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted> # v3.12+
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <redacted>


Daniel.
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