Fix bug in nt35560_set_brightness() which causes the function to
erroneously report an error. mipi_dsi_dcs_write() returns either a
negative value when an error occurred or a positive number of bytes
written when no error occurred. The buggy code reports an error under
either condition.

Fixes: 8152c2bfd780 ("drm/panel: Add driver for Sony ACX424AKP panel")
Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35560.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35560.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35560.c
index 98f0782c8411..17898a29efe8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35560.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-novatek-nt35560.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int nt35560_set_brightness(struct backlight_device *bl)
 		par = 0x00;
 		ret = mipi_dsi_dcs_write(dsi, MIPI_DCS_WRITE_CONTROL_DISPLAY,
 					 &par, 1);
-		if (ret) {
+		if (ret < 0) {
 			dev_err(nt->dev, "failed to disable display backlight (%d)\n", ret);
 			return ret;
 		}
-- 
2.50.1

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com> wrote:

> Fix bug in nt35560_set_brightness() which causes the function to
> erroneously report an error. mipi_dsi_dcs_write() returns either a
> negative value when an error occurred or a positive number of bytes
> written when no error occurred. The buggy code reports an error under
> either condition.
>
> Fixes: 8152c2bfd780 ("drm/panel: Add driver for Sony ACX424AKP panel")
> Reviewed-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
> Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Brigham Campbell <me@brighamcampbell.com>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

(Maybe this is applied already...)

Yours,
Linus Walleij