From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
To: Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1] hpet: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:49:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3611505.QJadu78ljV@rafael.j.wysocki> (raw)
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
In all cases in which a struct acpi_driver is used for binding a driver
to an ACPI device object, a corresponding platform device is created by
the ACPI core and that device is regarded as a proper representation of
underlying hardware. Accordingly, a struct platform_driver should be
used by driver code to bind to that device. There are multiple reasons
why drivers should not bind directly to ACPI device objects [1].
Overall, it is better to bind drivers to platform devices than to their
ACPI companions, so convert the HPET ACPI driver to a platform one.
While this is not expected to alter functionality, it changes sysfs
layout and so it will be visible to user space.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2396510.ElGaqSPkdT@rafael.j.wysocki/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
---
drivers/char/hpet.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/hpet.c b/drivers/char/hpet.c
index 60dd09a56f50..d396823e5e64 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hpet.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hpet.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
#include <linux/io.h>
#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/hpet.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <asm/current.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
#include <asm/div64.h>
@@ -971,8 +972,9 @@ static acpi_status hpet_resources(struct acpi_resource *res, void *data)
return AE_OK;
}
-static int hpet_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
+static int hpet_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
+ struct acpi_device *device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
acpi_status result;
struct hpet_data data;
@@ -1000,12 +1002,12 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id hpet_device_ids[] = {
{"", 0},
};
-static struct acpi_driver hpet_acpi_driver = {
- .name = "hpet",
- .ids = hpet_device_ids,
- .ops = {
- .add = hpet_acpi_add,
- },
+static struct platform_driver hpet_acpi_driver = {
+ .probe = hpet_acpi_probe,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "hpet_acpi",
+ .acpi_match_table = hpet_device_ids,
+ },
};
static struct miscdevice hpet_misc = { HPET_MINOR, "hpet", &hpet_fops };
@@ -1020,7 +1022,7 @@ static int __init hpet_init(void)
sysctl_header = register_sysctl("dev/hpet", hpet_table);
- result = acpi_bus_register_driver(&hpet_acpi_driver);
+ result = platform_driver_register(&hpet_acpi_driver);
if (result < 0) {
unregister_sysctl_table(sysctl_header);
misc_deregister(&hpet_misc);
--
2.51.0
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