From 89dfc28ccbff6521a4df9dc3699a94bbde11a6ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:44:47 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] backlight: extend event support to also support poll()

Extend the backlight event support to also allow the use of
poll()/select() on actual_brightness.

We already have the entire event hookup anyway, adding a single
function call in one line to get functionality like that is a really
good deal.

Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@linux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
index 6e1446ae7f52..6615ac7fa60a 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ static void backlight_generate_event(struct backlight_device *bd,
 	}
 	envp[1] = NULL;
 	kobject_uevent_env(&bd->dev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
+	sysfs_notify(&bd->dev.kobj, NULL, "actual_brightness");
 }
 
 static ssize_t backlight_show_power(struct device *dev,
-- 
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