From: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org,
hanguidong02@gmail.com, ysato@users.sourceforge.jp,
dalias@libc.org, glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de,
abelvesa@kernel.org, srini@kernel.org, s.nawrocki@samsung.com,
nuno.sa@analog.com
Cc: driver-core@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
imx@lists.linux.dev, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org, linux-sound@vger.kernel.org,
linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/4] driver core: generalize driver_override infrastructure
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 12:53:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260303115720.48783-1-dakr@kernel.org> (raw)
Currently, there are 12 busses (including platform and PCI) that duplicate the
driver_override logic for their individual devices.
All of them seem to be prone to the bug described in [1].
While this could be solved for every bus individually using a separate lock,
solving this in the driver-core generically results in less (and cleaner)
changes overall.
Thus, move driver_override to struct device, provide corresponding accessors for
busses and handle locking with a separate lock internally.
In particular, add device_set_driver_override(), device_has_driver_override(),
device_match_driver_override() and a helper, DEVICE_ATTR_DRIVER_OVERRIDE(), to
declare the corresponding sysfs store() and show() callbacks.
Until all busses have migrated, keep driver_set_override() in place.
Note that we can't use the device lock for the reasons described in [2].
This patch series includes the migration of the platform bus; patches for all
other affected busses still need to be extracted as a follow-up of the WIP
treewide patch in [3].
[1] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220789
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/DGRGTIRHA62X.3RY09D9SOK77P@kernel.org/
[3] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dakr/linux.git/log/?h=driver_override
Changes in v2:
- Drop DEVICE_ATTR_DRIVER_OVERRIDE() and make driver_override a
struct bus_type feature instead.
- Add driver_override documentation in .../driver-model/binding.rst.
- Move kfree(dev->driver_override.name) before release().
- hwmon: axi-fan: Use NULL instead of dev_name() in
devm_request_threaded_irq().
Danilo Krummrich (4):
driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device
docs: driver-model: document driver_override
hwmon: axi-fan: don't use driver_override as IRQ name
driver core: platform: use generic driver_override infrastructure
.../driver-api/driver-model/binding.rst | 48 +++++++++++++++
arch/sh/drivers/platform_early.c | 6 +-
drivers/base/bus.c | 43 ++++++++++++-
drivers/base/core.c | 2 +
drivers/base/dd.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++
drivers/base/platform.c | 37 ++----------
drivers/bus/simple-pm-bus.c | 4 +-
drivers/clk/imx/clk-scu.c | 3 +-
drivers/hwmon/axi-fan-control.c | 2 +-
drivers/slimbus/qcom-ngd-ctrl.c | 6 +-
include/linux/device.h | 54 +++++++++++++++++
include/linux/device/bus.h | 4 ++
include/linux/platform_device.h | 5 --
sound/soc/samsung/i2s.c | 6 +-
14 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
base-commit: 11439c4635edd669ae435eec308f4ab8a0804808
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2.53.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-03 11:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-03 11:53 Danilo Krummrich [this message]
2026-03-03 11:53 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] driver core: generalize driver_override in struct device Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-03 21:01 ` Frank Li
2026-03-04 2:27 ` Gui-Dong Han
2026-03-03 11:53 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] docs: driver-model: document driver_override Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-03 21:01 ` Frank Li
2026-03-03 11:53 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] hwmon: axi-fan: don't use driver_override as IRQ name Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-03 14:53 ` Nuno Sá
2026-03-03 16:23 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-03-03 16:25 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-03 16:57 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-03-03 19:18 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-03 21:01 ` Frank Li
2026-03-03 11:53 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] driver core: platform: use generic driver_override infrastructure Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-03 21:01 ` Frank Li
2026-03-05 12:42 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-12 20:15 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-16 23:56 ` Danilo Krummrich
2026-03-17 5:06 ` Greg KH
2026-03-17 8:36 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2026-03-03 13:03 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] driver core: generalize " Gui-Dong Han
2026-03-12 15:21 ` Greg KH
2026-03-17 20:17 ` Danilo Krummrich
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