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From: "Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)" <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>
To: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] gpio: Initialize i2c_device_id arrays using member names
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 17:21:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260512152125.924433-2-u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com> (raw)

While being less compact, using named initializers allows to more easily
see which members of the structs are assigned which value without having
to lookup the declaration of the struct. And it's also more robust
against changes to the struct definition.

The mentioned robustness is relevant for a planned change to struct
i2c_device_id that replaces .driver_data by an anonymous union.

This patch doesn't modify the compiled arrays, only their representation
in source form benefits. The former was confirmed with x86 and arm64
builds.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>
---
Hello,

I didn't find a GPIO driver that benefits from the continuation of my
quest with the union in struct i2c_device_id.
See
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1778582187.git.u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com/
for an example in a different subsystem.

But even without that, I consider the changes done here beneficial.

Best regards
Uwe

 drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c | 20 +++++-----
 drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c | 80 ++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 drivers/gpio/gpio-pca9570.c |  6 +--
 drivers/gpio/gpio-pcf857x.c | 26 ++++++------
 4 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c
index 281ba1740a6a..24c67c912954 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-max732x.c
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ static uint64_t max732x_features[] = {
 };
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id max732x_id[] = {
-	{ "max7319", MAX7319 },
-	{ "max7320", MAX7320 },
-	{ "max7321", MAX7321 },
-	{ "max7322", MAX7322 },
-	{ "max7323", MAX7323 },
-	{ "max7324", MAX7324 },
-	{ "max7325", MAX7325 },
-	{ "max7326", MAX7326 },
-	{ "max7327", MAX7327 },
-	{ },
+	{ .name = "max7319", .driver_data = MAX7319 },
+	{ .name = "max7320", .driver_data = MAX7320 },
+	{ .name = "max7321", .driver_data = MAX7321 },
+	{ .name = "max7322", .driver_data = MAX7322 },
+	{ .name = "max7323", .driver_data = MAX7323 },
+	{ .name = "max7324", .driver_data = MAX7324 },
+	{ .name = "max7325", .driver_data = MAX7325 },
+	{ .name = "max7326", .driver_data = MAX7326 },
+	{ .name = "max7327", .driver_data = MAX7327 },
+	{ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, max732x_id);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
index 52e96cc5f67b..94bb1a9f9268 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca953x.c
@@ -86,49 +86,49 @@
 #define PCA_CHIP_TYPE(x)	((x) & PCA_TYPE_MASK)
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id pca953x_id[] = {
-	{ "pca6408", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca6416", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9505", 40 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9506", 40 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9534", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9535", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9536", 4  | PCA953X_TYPE, },
-	{ "pca9537", 4  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9538", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9539", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9554", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9555", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9556", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE, },
-	{ "pca9557", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE, },
-	{ "pca9574", 8  | PCA957X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9575", 16 | PCA957X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca9698", 40 | PCA953X_TYPE, },
+	{ .name = "pca6408", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca6416", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9505", .driver_data = 40 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9506", .driver_data = 40 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9534", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9535", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9536", .driver_data = 4  | PCA953X_TYPE },
+	{ .name = "pca9537", .driver_data = 4  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9538", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9539", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9554", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9555", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9556", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE },
+	{ .name = "pca9557", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE },
+	{ .name = "pca9574", .driver_data = 8  | PCA957X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9575", .driver_data = 16 | PCA957X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca9698", .driver_data = 40 | PCA953X_TYPE },
 
-	{ "pcal6408", 8 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
-	{ "pcal6416", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
-	{ "pcal6524", 24 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
-	{ "pcal6534", 34 | PCAL653X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
-	{ "pcal9535", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
-	{ "pcal9554b", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
-	{ "pcal9555a", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
+	{ .name = "pcal6408",  .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
+	{ .name = "pcal6416",  .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
+	{ .name = "pcal6524",  .driver_data = 24 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
+	{ .name = "pcal6534",  .driver_data = 34 | PCAL653X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
+	{ .name = "pcal9535",  .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
+	{ .name = "pcal9554b", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
+	{ .name = "pcal9555a", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
 
-	{ "max7310", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE, },
-	{ "max7312", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "max7313", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "max7315", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "max7318", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "pca6107", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "tca6408", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "tca6416", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "tca6418", 18 | TCA6418_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "tca6424", 24 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "tca9538", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "tca9539", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "tca9554", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT, },
-	{ "xra1202", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE },
+	{ .name = "max7310", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE },
+	{ .name = "max7312", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "max7313", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "max7315", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "max7318", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "pca6107", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "tca6408", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "tca6416", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "tca6418", .driver_data = 18 | TCA6418_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "tca6424", .driver_data = 24 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "tca9538", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "tca9539", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "tca9554", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_INT },
+	{ .name = "xra1202", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE },
 
-	{ "tcal6408", 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
-	{ "tcal6416", 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT, },
+	{ .name = "tcal6408", .driver_data = 8  | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
+	{ .name = "tcal6416", .driver_data = 16 | PCA953X_TYPE | PCA_LATCH_INT },
 	{ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, pca953x_id);
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca9570.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca9570.c
index 4a368803fb03..7a47a9aa0414 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca9570.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pca9570.c
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ static const struct pca9570_chip_data slg7xl45106_gpio = {
 };
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id pca9570_id_table[] = {
-	{ "pca9570", (kernel_ulong_t)&pca9570_gpio},
-	{ "pca9571", (kernel_ulong_t)&pca9571_gpio },
-	{ "slg7xl45106", (kernel_ulong_t)&slg7xl45106_gpio },
+	{ .name = "pca9570", .driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&pca9570_gpio },
+	{ .name = "pca9571", .driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&pca9571_gpio },
+	{ .name = "slg7xl45106", .driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&slg7xl45106_gpio },
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, pca9570_id_table);
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pcf857x.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pcf857x.c
index 3b9de8c3d924..c942b959571b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-pcf857x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-pcf857x.c
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id pcf857x_id[] = {
-	{ "pcf8574", 8 },
-	{ "pcf8574a", 8 },
-	{ "pca8574", 8 },
-	{ "pca9670", 8 },
-	{ "pca9672", 8 },
-	{ "pca9674", 8 },
-	{ "pcf8575", 16 },
-	{ "pca8575", 16 },
-	{ "pca9671", 16 },
-	{ "pca9673", 16 },
-	{ "pca9675", 16 },
-	{ "max7328", 8 },
-	{ "max7329", 8 },
+	{ .name = "pcf8574", .driver_data = 8 },
+	{ .name = "pcf8574a", .driver_data = 8 },
+	{ .name = "pca8574", .driver_data = 8 },
+	{ .name = "pca9670", .driver_data = 8 },
+	{ .name = "pca9672", .driver_data = 8 },
+	{ .name = "pca9674", .driver_data = 8 },
+	{ .name = "pcf8575", .driver_data = 16 },
+	{ .name = "pca8575", .driver_data = 16 },
+	{ .name = "pca9671", .driver_data = 16 },
+	{ .name = "pca9673", .driver_data = 16 },
+	{ .name = "pca9675", .driver_data = 16 },
+	{ .name = "max7328", .driver_data = 8 },
+	{ .name = "max7329", .driver_data = 8 },
 	{ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, pcf857x_id);

base-commit: 254f49634ee16a731174d2ae34bc50bd5f45e731
-- 
2.47.3


             reply	other threads:[~2026-05-12 15:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-12 15:21 Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) [this message]
2026-05-18  7:47 ` [PATCH] gpio: Initialize i2c_device_id arrays using member names Bartosz Golaszewski
2026-05-19 15:54   ` Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub)
2026-05-20  6:51     ` Bartosz Golaszewski

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