linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix registration of tpacpi platform driver

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Message-Id: <9bde54ed-f1c9-44f6-ba49-23f100fb9060@app.fastmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:28:29 -0500
From: "Mark Pearson" <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>
To: "Kurt Borja" <kuurtb@...il.com>
Cc: "Hans de Goede" <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
 Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 "platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org" <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Fix registration of tpacpi
 platform driver

Hi Kurt,

On Mon, Feb 10, 2025, at 4:07 PM, Kurt Borja wrote:
> On Mon Feb 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM -05, Mark Pearson wrote:
>> When reviewing and testing the recent platform profile changes I had
>> missed that they prevent the tpacpi platform driver from registering.
>> This error is seen in the kernel logs, and the various tpacpi entries
>> are not created:
>> [ 7550.642171] platform thinkpad_acpi: Resources present before probing
>>
>> This happens because devm_platform_profile_register() is called before
>> tpacpi_pdev probes (thanks to Kurt Borja for identifying root cause)
>>
>> For now revert back to the old platform_profile_register to fix the
>> issue. Will work on re-implementing this later as more testing is needed
>> for full solution.
>
> If you don't mind I can work on this patch on the for-next branch, so we
> may use devm_ on the next release cycle to avoid merge conflicts.
>

For sure :) Holler if you need anything.

>>
>> Tested on X1 Carbon G12.
>>
>> Fixes: 31658c916fa6 ("platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Use devm_platform_profile_register()")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@...ebb.ca>
>
> Reviewed-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@...il.com>

Thanks for the review
Mark

>
>> ---
>> Changes in v2:
>>   Modified approach to instead revert to old platform_profile_register
>> method. Will revisit using devm_ version in the future as more testing
>> needed.
>>
>>  drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 10 ++++++++--
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> index 1fcb0f99695a..85d01bd5dc31 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c
>> @@ -10646,8 +10646,8 @@ static int tpacpi_dytc_profile_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
>>  			"DYTC version %d: thermal mode available\n", dytc_version);
>>  
>>  	/* Create platform_profile structure and register */
>> -	tpacpi_pprof = devm_platform_profile_register(&tpacpi_pdev->dev, "thinkpad-acpi",
>> -						      NULL, &dytc_profile_ops);
>> +	tpacpi_pprof = platform_profile_register(&tpacpi_pdev->dev, "thinkpad-acpi-profile",
>> +						 NULL, &dytc_profile_ops);
>>  	/*
>>  	 * If for some reason platform_profiles aren't enabled
>>  	 * don't quit terminally.
>> @@ -10665,8 +10665,14 @@ static int tpacpi_dytc_profile_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm)
>>  	return 0;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static void dytc_profile_exit(void)
>> +{
>> +	platform_profile_remove(tpacpi_pprof);
>> +}
>> +
>>  static struct ibm_struct  dytc_profile_driver_data = {
>>  	.name = "dytc-profile",
>> +	.exit = dytc_profile_exit,
>>  };
>>  
>>  /*************************************************************************