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Message-ID: <Z1lR869cuIw_p2-l@kekkonen.localdomain>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:48:51 +0000
From: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Robert Moore <robert.moore@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, acpica-devel@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/7] ACPI: bus: implement acpi_device_hid when !ACPI

Hi Mauro,

On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 09:40:37AM +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Wed, 11 Dec 2024 07:57:06 +0000
> Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com> escreveu:
> 
> > Hi Ricardo,
> > 
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 11:35:35PM +0100, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 at 22:01, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com> wrote:  
> > > >
> > > > Hi Ricardo,
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 07:56:03PM +0000, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:  
> > > > > Provide an implementation of acpi_device_hid that can be used when
> > > > > CONFIG_ACPI is not set.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  include/acpi/acpi_bus.h | 5 +++++
> > > > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> > > > > index 4f1b3a6f107b..c25914a152ee 100644
> > > > > --- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> > > > > +++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
> > > > > @@ -1003,6 +1003,11 @@ static inline int unregister_acpi_bus_type(void *bus) { return 0; }
> > > > >
> > > > >  static inline int acpi_wait_for_acpi_ipmi(void) { return 0; }
> > > > >
> > > > > +static inline const char *acpi_device_hid(struct acpi_device *device)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +     return "";
> > > > > +}  
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if any caller might expect something of a string if provided?
> > > > Valid _HIDs are either 7 or 8 characters whereas the proper version of the
> > > > function returns "device" when one cannot be found (dummy_hid in
> > > > drivers/acpi/scan.c). Unlikely to be a problem perhaps.  
> > > 
> > > Good point. I changed it to return "device"  
> > 
> > When ACPI is disabled, it's unlikely that string would be used anyway, vs.
> > the case when ACPI is enabled but there's no _HID. So I think an empty
> > string should be fine. I wonder what others think.
> > 
> Returning "" also caused me some attention at the original patch. IMO,
> placing a pseudo-valid HID would be better, but I guess "device" is also
> invalid, as, at least I always saw HIDs in uppercase. Also, I guess it
> is always a vendor ID + a 4 digit number.
> 
> so, IMHO, something like "DEVC9999" would be a better name if we fill it.

How about post a patch changing "device" in drivers/acpi/scan.c? :-) But I
think the string also needs to be an invalid as a _HID object so it's not
masking an actual hardware ID used by a real device.

-- 
Kind regards,

Sakari Ailus