From: Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
To: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>,
Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/2] ACPI: TAD: introduce acpi_has_rtc()
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:05:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261027220537.3443104-2-hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261027220537.3443104-1-hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
The same RTC may also be accessible by other means, like the EFI
GetTime() and SetTime() runtime services used by rtc-efi, which are best
avoided if there is a native ACPI interface to the RTC.
To allow other RTC drivers to stand down in that case, add an exported
helper, acpi_has_rtc(), that returns true if there is a TAD the driver
will register an RTC class device for.
The helper looks for a platform device matching the driver's ID table
whose _GCP indicates real time support, like acpi_tad_probe() checks,
instead of checking whether the driver has bound to such a device, so
that callers need not depend on the order in which drivers are probed.
Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> (v3)
Signed-off-by: Hamza Mahfooz <hamzamahfooz@linux.microsoft.com>
---
drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
include/linux/acpi.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
index 45459a4ca..a07f4f4fd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
@@ -622,9 +622,52 @@ static const struct attribute_group acpi_tad_group = {
__ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(acpi_tad);
+static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_tad_ids[] = {
+ {"ACPI000E", 0},
+ {}
+};
+
#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_CLASS
/* RTC class device interface */
+static int acpi_tad_rtc_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
+{
+ unsigned long long caps;
+ acpi_status status;
+
+ if (!acpi_match_device(acpi_tad_ids, dev))
+ return 0;
+
+ status = acpi_evaluate_integer(ACPI_HANDLE(dev), "_GCP", NULL, &caps);
+
+ return ACPI_SUCCESS(status) && (caps & ACPI_TAD_RT);
+}
+
+/**
+ * acpi_has_rtc - Check if the RTC should be driven via the ACPI TAD
+ *
+ * Check if there is a TAD implementing the real time methods that this driver
+ * will register an RTC class device for.
+ *
+ * Return: %true if the RTC should be driven via the ACPI TAD, %false otherwise.
+ */
+bool acpi_has_rtc(void)
+{
+ struct device *dev;
+
+ if (acpi_disabled)
+ return false;
+
+ dev = bus_find_device(&platform_bus_type, NULL, NULL,
+ acpi_tad_rtc_match);
+ if (!dev)
+ return false;
+
+ put_device(dev);
+ return true;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_has_rtc);
+
static void acpi_tad_rt_to_tm(struct acpi_tad_rt *rt, struct rtc_time *tm)
{
tm->tm_year = rt->year - 1900;
@@ -894,11 +937,6 @@ static int acpi_tad_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return 0;
}
-static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_tad_ids[] = {
- {"ACPI000E", 0},
- {}
-};
-
static struct platform_driver acpi_tad_driver = {
.driver = {
.name = "acpi-tad",
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index ddacac812..74c60b8e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -1553,6 +1553,12 @@ extern bool acpi_has_watchdog(void);
static inline bool acpi_has_watchdog(void) { return false; }
#endif
+#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_ACPI_TAD) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RTC_CLASS)
+bool acpi_has_rtc(void);
+#else
+static inline bool acpi_has_rtc(void) { return false; }
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_SPCR_TABLE
extern bool qdf2400_e44_present;
int acpi_parse_spcr(bool enable_earlycon, bool enable_console);
--
2.56.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-27 22:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 22:05 [PATCH v4 0/2] rtc: efi: defer to the ACPI TAD if it can drive the RTC Hamza Mahfooz
2026-10-27 22:05 ` Hamza Mahfooz [this message]
2026-10-27 22:05 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] " Hamza Mahfooz
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