backlight: Avoid restoring brightness to an unreadably dim level

[elogind.git] / src / backlight / backlight.c

diff --git a/src/backlight/backlight.c b/src/backlight/backlight.c
index 6c00b00d82c64e385948cf3a52139ddf69822c7f..abf8bcf00e6741454c3e87bd5b65e0701b82613a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/src/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "libudev.h"
 #include "udev-util.h"
-#include "util.h"
 
 static struct udev_device *find_pci_or_platform_parent(struct udev_device *device) {
         struct udev_device *parent;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ static struct udev_device *find_pci_or_platform_parent(struct udev_device *devic
 
                 value = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(parent, "class");
                 if (value) {
-                        unsigned long class;
+                        unsigned long class = 0;
 
                         if (safe_atolu(value, &class) < 0) {
                                 log_warning("Cannot parse PCI class %s of device %s:%s.", value, subsystem, sysname);
@@ -193,6 +192,48 @@ static bool validate_device(struct udev *udev, struct udev_device *device) {
         return true;
 }
 
+/* Some systems turn the backlight all the way off at the lowest levels.
+ * clamp_brightness clamps the saved brightness to at least 1 or 5% of
+ * max_brightness.  This avoids preserving an unreadably dim screen, which
+ * would otherwise force the user to disable state restoration. */
+static void clamp_brightness(struct udev_device *device, char **value) {
+        int r;
+        const char *max_brightness_str;
+        unsigned brightness, max_brightness, new_brightness;
+
+        max_brightness_str = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(device, "max_brightness");
+        if (!max_brightness_str) {
+                log_warning("Failed to read max_brightness attribute; not checking saved brightness");
+                return;
+        }
+
+        r = safe_atou(*value, &brightness);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_warning("Failed to parse brightness \"%s\": %s", *value, strerror(-r));
+                return;
+        }
+
+        r = safe_atou(max_brightness_str, &max_brightness);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_warning("Failed to parse max_brightness \"%s\": %s", max_brightness_str, strerror(-r));
+                return;
+        }
+
+        new_brightness = MAX3(brightness, 1U, max_brightness/20);
+        if (new_brightness != brightness) {
+                char *old_value = *value;
+
+                r = asprintf(value, "%u", new_brightness);
+                if (r < 0) {
+                        log_oom();
+                        return;
+                }
+
+                log_debug("Saved brightness %s too low; increasing to %s.", old_value, *value);
+                free(old_value);
+        }
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         _cleanup_udev_unref_ struct udev *udev = NULL;
         _cleanup_udev_device_unref_ struct udev_device *device = NULL;
@@ -286,12 +327,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
          * their probing at boot-time might happen in any order. This
          * means the validity checking of the device then is not
          * reliable, since it might not see other devices conflicting
-         * with a specific backlight. To deal with this we will
+         * with a specific backlight. To deal with this, we will
          * actively delete backlight state files at shutdown (where
          * device probing should be complete), so that the validity
          * check at boot time doesn't have to be reliable. */
 
-        if (streq(argv[1], "load") && restore_state()) {
+        if (streq(argv[1], "load") && shall_restore_state()) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *value = NULL;
 
                 if (!validate_device(udev, device))
@@ -307,6 +348,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         return EXIT_FAILURE;
                 }
 
+                clamp_brightness(device, &value);
+
                 r = udev_device_set_sysattr_value(device, "brightness", value);
                 if (r < 0) {
                         log_error("Failed to write system attribute: %s", strerror(-r));
@@ -323,7 +366,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                 value = udev_device_get_sysattr_value(device, "brightness");
                 if (!value) {
-                        log_error("Failed to read system attribute: %s", strerror(-r));
+                        log_error("Failed to read system attribute");
                         return EXIT_FAILURE;
                 }