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Message-ID: <CAJZ5v0hNmMtR4V0tYqD1dV2BqAKJ2sCOyBadkVtG3sS3V90uvw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 22:17:30 +0200
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
Cc: rafael@...nel.org, lenb@...nel.org, j@...nau.net, 
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ACPI: platform_profile: Add support for non-ACPI platforms

On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de> wrote:
>
> Currently the platform profile subsystem assumes that all supported
> (i.e. ACPI-capable) platforms always run with ACPI being enabled.
> However some ARM64 notebooks do not support ACPI and are instead
> using devicetree for booting.
>
> Do not register the legacy sysfs interface on such devices as it
> depends on the acpi_kobj (/sys/firmware/acpi/) being present. Users
> are encouraged to use the new platform-profile class interface
> instead.

So how does it work in this case?

> Reviewed-by: Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
> Tested-by: Janne Grunau <j@...nau.net>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> index ffbfd32f4cf1..c5a5da7d03f1 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c
> @@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ static ssize_t profile_show(struct device *dev,
>         return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", profile_names[profile]);
>  }
>
> +/**
> + * profile_notify_legacy - Notify the legacy sysfs interface
> + *
> + * This wrapper takes care of only notifying the legacy sysfs interface
> + * if it was registered during module initialization.
> + */
> +static void profile_notify_legacy(void)
> +{
> +       if (!acpi_kobj)
> +               return;
> +
> +       sysfs_notify(acpi_kobj, NULL, "platform_profile");
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * profile_store - Set the profile for a class device
>   * @dev: The device
> @@ -215,7 +229,7 @@ static ssize_t profile_store(struct device *dev,
>                         return ret;
>         }
>
> -       sysfs_notify(acpi_kobj, NULL, "platform_profile");
> +       profile_notify_legacy();
>
>         return count;
>  }
> @@ -435,7 +449,7 @@ static ssize_t platform_profile_store(struct kobject *kobj,
>                         return ret;
>         }
>
> -       sysfs_notify(acpi_kobj, NULL, "platform_profile");
> +       profile_notify_legacy();
>
>         return count;
>  }
> @@ -472,6 +486,22 @@ static const struct attribute_group platform_profile_group = {
>         .is_visible = profile_class_is_visible,
>  };
>
> +/**
> + * profile_update_legacy - Update the legacy sysfs interface
> + *
> + * This wrapper takes care of only updating the legacy sysfs interface
> + * if it was registered during module initialization.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success or error code on failure.
> + */
> +static int profile_update_legacy(void)
> +{
> +       if (!acpi_kobj)
> +               return 0;
> +
> +       return sysfs_update_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * platform_profile_notify - Notify class device and legacy sysfs interface
>   * @dev: The class device
> @@ -481,7 +511,7 @@ void platform_profile_notify(struct device *dev)
>         scoped_cond_guard(mutex_intr, return, &profile_lock) {
>                 _notify_class_profile(dev, NULL);
>         }
> -       sysfs_notify(acpi_kobj, NULL, "platform_profile");
> +       profile_notify_legacy();
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_profile_notify);
>
> @@ -529,7 +559,7 @@ int platform_profile_cycle(void)
>                         return err;
>         }
>
> -       sysfs_notify(acpi_kobj, NULL, "platform_profile");
> +       profile_notify_legacy();
>
>         return 0;
>  }
> @@ -603,9 +633,9 @@ struct device *platform_profile_register(struct device *dev, const char *name,
>                 goto cleanup_ida;
>         }
>
> -       sysfs_notify(acpi_kobj, NULL, "platform_profile");
> +       profile_notify_legacy();
>
> -       err = sysfs_update_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
> +       err = profile_update_legacy();
>         if (err)
>                 goto cleanup_cur;
>
> @@ -639,8 +669,8 @@ void platform_profile_remove(struct device *dev)
>         ida_free(&platform_profile_ida, pprof->minor);
>         device_unregister(&pprof->dev);
>
> -       sysfs_notify(acpi_kobj, NULL, "platform_profile");
> -       sysfs_update_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
> +       profile_notify_legacy();
> +       profile_update_legacy();
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(platform_profile_remove);
>
> @@ -692,16 +722,28 @@ static int __init platform_profile_init(void)
>         if (err)
>                 return err;
>
> -       err = sysfs_create_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
> -       if (err)
> -               class_unregister(&platform_profile_class);
> +       /*
> +        * The ACPI kobject can be missing if ACPI was disabled during booting.
> +        * We thus skip the initialization of the legacy sysfs interface in such
> +        * cases to allow the platform profile class to work on ARM64 notebooks
> +        * without ACPI support.
> +        */
> +       if (acpi_kobj) {
> +               err = sysfs_create_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
> +               if (err < 0) {
> +                       class_unregister(&platform_profile_class);
> +                       return err;
> +               }
> +       }
>
> -       return err;
> +       return 0;
>  }
>
>  static void __exit platform_profile_exit(void)
>  {
> -       sysfs_remove_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
> +       if (acpi_kobj)
> +               sysfs_remove_group(acpi_kobj, &platform_profile_group);
> +
>         class_unregister(&platform_profile_class);
>  }
>  module_init(platform_profile_init);
> --
> 2.39.5
>
>

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