linux.git/drivers/base/platform.c, branch v7.3-rc2

driver core: platform: unify release path

2026-07-19T22:49:16+00:00

With no drivers that manually assign software nodes to platform devices
created with platform_device_alloc(), we can now unify the release path
and remove platform_device_release_full().

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260716-swnode-remove-on-dev-unreg-v8-4-5c2b8cc38c28@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

driver core: platform: amend the API contract for fwnode setters

2026-07-19T22:49:16+00:00

Calling platform_device_set_fwnode() (and by extension:
platform_device_set_of_node()) of platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()
for a dynamically allocated platform device whose primary firmware node
is already assigned and is a software node leads to a resource leak as we
never perform the corresponding call to software_node_notify_remove(). As
there are currently no users for this special case - just disallow it and
warn loudly if it ever happens.

Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260716-swnode-remove-on-dev-unreg-v8-1-5c2b8cc38c28@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

driver core: platform: count references to all kinds of firmware nodes

2026-07-10T14:07:10+00:00

When using platform_device_register_full(), we currently only increase
the reference count of the OF node associated with a platform device. We
symmetrically decrease it in platform_device_release(). With all users in
tree now converted to using provided platform device helpers for
assigning OF and firmware nodes, we can now switch to counting references
of all kinds of firmware nodes.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-pdev-fwnode-ref-v3-20-1ff028e33779@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: update kerneldoc for platform_device_alloc()

2026-07-10T14:07:09+00:00

Users of platform_device_alloc() + platform_device_add() must not modify
certain fields of the dynamically created platform device object. Update
the kernel doc to say which fields are affected and which functions to
use.

Suggested-by: Manuel Ebner 
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-pdev-fwnode-ref-v3-5-1ff028e33779@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_of_node_from_dev()

2026-07-10T14:07:09+00:00

Provide a platform-specific variant of device_set_of_node_from_dev(). In
addition to bumping the reference count of the OF node being assigned,
it also assigns the fwnode of the platform device.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-pdev-fwnode-ref-v3-4-1ff028e33779@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_fwnode()

2026-07-10T14:07:09+00:00

Provide a helper function encapsulating the logic of assigning firmware
nodes to platform devices created with platform_device_alloc(). Make the
kerneldoc state that this is the proper interface for assigning firmware
nodes to dynamically allocated platform devices. This will allow us to
switch to counting the references of the device's firmware nodes in the
future, not only the OF nodes.

Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-pdev-fwnode-ref-v3-3-1ff028e33779@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: platform: provide platform_device_set_of_node()

2026-07-10T14:07:08+00:00

Encapsulate the reference counting logic for OF nodes assigned to
platform devices created with platform_device_alloc() in a helper
function. Make the kerneldoc state that this is the proper interface for
assigning OF nodes to dynamically allocated platform devices. This will
allow us to switch to counting the references of the device's firmware
nodes, not only the OF nodes.

Reviewed-by: Manuel Ebner 
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko 
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706-pdev-fwnode-ref-v3-2-1ff028e33779@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

driver core: platform: set mod_name in driver registration

2026-06-08T21:28:24+00:00

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 
Signed-off-by: Rahul Bukte 
Signed-off-by: Shashank Balaji 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260518-acpi_mod_name-v5-4-705ccc430885@sony.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

Merge tag 'v7.1-rc5' into driver-core-next

2026-05-25T00:40:57+00:00

We need the driver-core fixes in here as well to build on top of.

Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich

driver core: platform: remove software node on release()

2026-05-13T22:09:09+00:00

If we pass a software node to a newly created device using struct
platform_device_info, it will not be removed when the device is
released. This may happen when a module creating the device is removed
or on failure in platform_device_add().

When we try to reuse that software node in a subsequent call to
platform_device_register_full(), it will fail with -EBUSY.

Provide a wrapper around the existing platform_device_release() that
additionally calls device_remove_software_node() and use it to replace
the former if we end up adding a software node.

While at it: check all three possible situations in which two software
nodes for a single platform device can be created/assigned in
platform_device_register_full() and bail-out early.

Fixes: 0fc434bc2c45 ("driver core: platform: allow attaching software nodes when creating devices")
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski 
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260513-swnode-remove-on-dev-unreg-v6-1-f9c58939df27@oss.qualcomm.com
Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich