linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform/x86: wmi: Mark simple WMI drivers as legacy-free

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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:54:56 -0700
From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>, hdegoede@...hat.com,
 ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com
Cc: corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] platform/x86: wmi: Mark simple WMI drivers as
 legacy-free


On 3/27/24 6:23 PM, Armin Wolf wrote:
> The inspur_platform_profile driver and the xiaomi-wmi driver both
> meet the requirements for modern WMI drivers, as they both do not
> use the legacy GUID-based interface and can be safely instantiated
> multiple times.
>
> Mark them both as legacy-free using the no_singleton flag.
>
> Compile-tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
> ---
LGTM

Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
>  drivers/platform/x86/inspur_platform_profile.c | 1 +
>  drivers/platform/x86/xiaomi-wmi.c              | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/inspur_platform_profile.c b/drivers/platform/x86/inspur_platform_profile.c
> index 743705bddda3..8440defa6788 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/inspur_platform_profile.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/inspur_platform_profile.c
> @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ static struct wmi_driver inspur_wmi_driver = {
>  	.id_table = inspur_wmi_id_table,
>  	.probe = inspur_wmi_probe,
>  	.remove = inspur_wmi_remove,
> +	.no_singleton = true,
>  };
>
>  module_wmi_driver(inspur_wmi_driver);
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/xiaomi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/xiaomi-wmi.c
> index 54a2546bb93b..1f5f108d87c0 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/xiaomi-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/xiaomi-wmi.c
> @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static struct wmi_driver xiaomi_wmi_driver = {
>  	.id_table = xiaomi_wmi_id_table,
>  	.probe = xiaomi_wmi_probe,
>  	.notify = xiaomi_wmi_notify,
> +	.no_singleton = true,
>  };
>  module_wmi_driver(xiaomi_wmi_driver);
>
> --
> 2.39.2
>
>
-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer