[PATCH v3 3/4] driver core: platform: set mod_name in driver registration

Shashank Balaji
2026-04-22T09:49:26Z

Pass KBUILD_MODNAME through the driver registration macro so that
the driver core can create the module symlink in sysfs for built-in
drivers, and fixup all callers.

The Rust platform adapter is updated to pass the module name through to the new
parameter.

Tested on qemu with:
- x86 defconfig + CONFIG_RUST
- arm64 defconfig + CONFIG_RUST + CONFIG_CORESIGHT stuff

Examples after this patch:

/sys/bus/platform/drivers/...
coresight-itnoc/module -> coresight_tnoc
coresight-static-tpdm/module -> coresight_tpdm
coresight-catu-platform/module -> coresight_catu
serial8250/module -> 8250
acpi-ged/module -> acpi
vmclock/module -> ptp_vmclock

Co-developed-by: Rahul Bukte <rahul.bukte@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Rahul Bukte <rahul.bukte@sony.com>
Signed-off-by: Shashank Balaji <shashank.mahadasyam@sony.com>

---

This patch depends on patches 1 and 2.
---
drivers/base/platform.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 5 +++--
include/linux/coresight.h | 5 +++--
include/linux/platform_device.h | 17 +++++++++--------
rust/kernel/platform.rs | 4 +++-
5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/platform.c b/drivers/base/platform.c
index 75b4698d0e58..2b0cc0889386 100644
--- a/drivers/base/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/base/platform.c
@@ -901,11 +901,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_device_register_full);
* __platform_driver_register - register a driver for platform-level devices
* @drv: platform driver structure
* @owner: owning module/driver
+ * @mod_name: module name string
*/
-int __platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *drv, struct module *owner)
+int __platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *drv, struct module *owner,
+ const char *mod_name)
{
drv->driver.owner = owner;
drv->driver.bus = &platform_bus_type;
+ drv->driver.mod_name = mod_name;

return driver_register(&drv->driver);
}
@@ -938,6 +941,7 @@ static int is_bound_to_driver(struct device *dev, void *driver)
* @drv: platform driver structure
* @probe: the driver probe routine, probably from an __init section
* @module: module which will be the owner of the driver
+ * @mod_name: module name string
*
* Use this instead of platform_driver_register() when you know the device
* is not hotpluggable and has already been registered, and you want to
@@ -955,7 +959,8 @@ static int is_bound_to_driver(struct device *dev, void *driver)
*/
int __init_or_module __platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,
int (*probe)(struct platform_device *),
- struct module *module)
+ struct module *module,
+ const char *mod_name)
{
int retval;

@@ -983,7 +988,7 @@ int __init_or_module __platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *drv,

/* temporary section violation during probe() */
drv->probe = probe;
- retval = __platform_driver_register(drv, module);
+ retval = __platform_driver_register(drv, module, mod_name);
if (retval)
return retval;

@@ -1011,6 +1016,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__platform_driver_probe);
* @data: platform specific data for this platform device
* @size: size of platform specific data
* @module: module which will be the owner of the driver
+ * @mod_name: module name string
*
* Use this in legacy-style modules that probe hardware directly and
* register a single platform device and corresponding platform driver.
@@ -1021,7 +1027,7 @@ struct platform_device * __init_or_module
__platform_create_bundle(struct platform_driver *driver,
int (*probe)(struct platform_device *),
struct resource *res, unsigned int n_res,
- const void *data, size_t size, struct module *module)
+ const void *data, size_t size, struct module *module, const char *mod_name)
{
struct platform_device *pdev;
int error;
@@ -1044,7 +1050,7 @@ __platform_create_bundle(struct platform_driver *driver,
if (error)
goto err_pdev_put;

- error = __platform_driver_probe(driver, probe, module);
+ error = __platform_driver_probe(driver, probe, module, mod_name);
if (error)
goto err_pdev_del;

@@ -1064,6 +1070,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__platform_create_bundle);
* @drivers: an array of drivers to register
* @count: the number of drivers to register
* @owner: module owning the drivers
+ * @mod_name: module name string
*
* Registers platform drivers specified by an array. On failure to register a
* driver, all previously registered drivers will be unregistered. Callers of
@@ -1073,7 +1080,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__platform_create_bundle);
* Returns: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
*/
int __platform_register_drivers(struct platform_driver * const *drivers,
- unsigned int count, struct module *owner)
+ unsigned int count, struct module *owner, const char *mod_name)
{
unsigned int i;
int err;
@@ -1081,7 +1088,7 @@ int __platform_register_drivers(struct platform_driver * const *drivers,
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
pr_debug("registering platform driver %ps\n", drivers[i]);

- err = __platform_driver_register(drivers[i], owner);
+ err = __platform_driver_register(drivers[i], owner, mod_name);
if (err < 0) {
pr_err("failed to register platform driver %ps: %d\n",
drivers[i], err);
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index 9e93b22cb056..a9ff0b3d8717 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1645,7 +1645,8 @@ module_init(coresight_init);
module_exit(coresight_exit);

int __coresight_init_driver(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
- struct platform_driver *pdev_drv, struct module *owner)
+ struct platform_driver *pdev_drv, struct module *owner,
+ const char *mod_name)
{
int ret;

@@ -1655,7 +1656,7 @@ int __coresight_init_driver(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
return ret;
}

- ret = __platform_driver_register(pdev_drv, owner);
+ ret = __platform_driver_register(pdev_drv, owner, mod_name);
if (!ret)
return 0;

diff --git a/include/linux/coresight.h b/include/linux/coresight.h
index 4f58bfc59080..bcc6c1754dba 100644
--- a/include/linux/coresight.h
+++ b/include/linux/coresight.h
@@ -698,9 +698,10 @@ coresight_find_output_type(struct coresight_platform_data *pdata,
union coresight_dev_subtype subtype);

#define coresight_init_driver(drv, amba_drv, pdev_drv) \
- __coresight_init_driver(drv, amba_drv, pdev_drv, THIS_MODULE)
+ __coresight_init_driver(drv, amba_drv, pdev_drv, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME)
int __coresight_init_driver(const char *drv, struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
- struct platform_driver *pdev_drv, struct module *owner);
+ struct platform_driver *pdev_drv, struct module *owner,
+ const char *mod_name);

void coresight_remove_driver(struct amba_driver *amba_drv,
struct platform_driver *pdev_drv);
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_device.h b/include/linux/platform_device.h
index 975400a472e3..26e6a43358e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_device.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_device.h
@@ -293,18 +293,19 @@ struct platform_driver {
* use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE
*/
#define platform_driver_register(drv) \
- __platform_driver_register(drv, THIS_MODULE)
+ __platform_driver_register(drv, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME)
extern int __platform_driver_register(struct platform_driver *,
- struct module *);
+ struct module *, const char *mod_name);
extern void platform_driver_unregister(struct platform_driver *);

/* non-hotpluggable platform devices may use this so that probe() and
* its support may live in __init sections, conserving runtime memory.
*/
#define platform_driver_probe(drv, probe) \
- __platform_driver_probe(drv, probe, THIS_MODULE)
+ __platform_driver_probe(drv, probe, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME)
extern int __platform_driver_probe(struct platform_driver *driver,
- int (*probe)(struct platform_device *), struct module *module);
+ int (*probe)(struct platform_device *), struct module *module,
+ const char *mod_name);

static inline void *platform_get_drvdata(const struct platform_device *pdev)
{
@@ -368,19 +369,19 @@ static int __init __platform_driver##_init(void) \
device_initcall(__platform_driver##_init); \

#define platform_create_bundle(driver, probe, res, n_res, data, size) \
- __platform_create_bundle(driver, probe, res, n_res, data, size, THIS_MODULE)
+ __platform_create_bundle(driver, probe, res, n_res, data, size, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME)
extern struct platform_device *__platform_create_bundle(
struct platform_driver *driver, int (*probe)(struct platform_device *),
struct resource *res, unsigned int n_res,
- const void *data, size_t size, struct module *module);
+ const void *data, size_t size, struct module *module, const char *mod_name);

int __platform_register_drivers(struct platform_driver * const *drivers,
- unsigned int count, struct module *owner);
+ unsigned int count, struct module *owner, const char *mod_name);
void platform_unregister_drivers(struct platform_driver * const *drivers,
unsigned int count);

#define platform_register_drivers(drivers, count) \
- __platform_register_drivers(drivers, count, THIS_MODULE)
+ __platform_register_drivers(drivers, count, THIS_MODULE, KBUILD_MODNAME)

#ifdef CONFIG_SUSPEND
extern int platform_pm_suspend(struct device *dev);
diff --git a/rust/kernel/platform.rs b/rust/kernel/platform.rs
index 8917d4ee499f..2d626eecc450 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/platform.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/platform.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ unsafe fn register(
}

// SAFETY: `pdrv` is guaranteed to be a valid `DriverType`.
- to_result(unsafe { bindings::__platform_driver_register(pdrv.get(), module.0) })
+ to_result(unsafe {
+ bindings::__platform_driver_register(pdrv.get(), module.0, name.as_char_ptr())
+ })
}

unsafe fn unregister(pdrv: &Opaque<Self::DriverType>) {

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