linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] spmi: Include OF based modalias in device uevent

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:05:34 -0400
From:   Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
To:     Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-msm <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] spmi: Include OF based modalias in device uevent

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:46 PM, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@...aro.org> wrote:
> Include the OF-based modalias in the uevent sent when registering SPMI
> devices, so that user space has a chance to autoload the kernel module
> for the device.
>
> Tested-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>

And probably make sense to:

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>

> ---
>
> Resend to collect Rob's T-b and Stephen's R-b, and add Greg as recipient.
>
>  drivers/spmi/spmi.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spmi/spmi.c b/drivers/spmi/spmi.c
> index 2b9b0941d9eb..6d23226e5f69 100644
> --- a/drivers/spmi/spmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/spmi/spmi.c
> @@ -365,11 +365,23 @@ static int spmi_drv_remove(struct device *dev)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +static int spmi_drv_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
> +{
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       ret = of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
> +       if (ret != -ENODEV)
> +               return ret;
> +
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static struct bus_type spmi_bus_type = {
>         .name           = "spmi",
>         .match          = spmi_device_match,
>         .probe          = spmi_drv_probe,
>         .remove         = spmi_drv_remove,
> +       .uevent         = spmi_drv_uevent,
>  };
>
>  /**
> --
> 2.12.0
>