linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 1/1] ACPI: processor: Do not expose the global acpi_idle

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Message-ID: <20250923032428.2656329-2-lihuisong@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:24:28 +0800
From: Huisong Li <lihuisong@...wei.com>
To: <rafael@...nel.org>, <lenb@...nel.org>
CC: <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linuxarm@...wei.com>, <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
	<zhanjie9@...ilicon.com>, <zhenglifeng1@...wei.com>, <yubowen8@...wei.com>,
	<lihuisong@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/1] ACPI: processor: Do not expose the global acpi_idle_driver variable

Currently, processor_driver just use the global acpi_idle_driver variable
to check if the cpuidle driver is acpi_idle_driver. Actually, there is no
need to expose this global variable defined in processor_idle.c to outside.
So move the related check to acpi_processor_power_init() and limit the
global variable to a static one.

Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 3 +--
 drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c   | 9 ++++++++-
 include/acpi/processor.h        | 1 -
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index de17c1412678..5d824435b26b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ static int __acpi_processor_start(struct acpi_device *device)
 	if (result && !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS))
 		dev_dbg(&device->dev, "CPPC data invalid or not present\n");
 
-	if (cpuidle_get_driver() == &acpi_idle_driver)
-		acpi_processor_power_init(pr);
+	acpi_processor_power_init(pr);
 
 	acpi_pss_perf_init(pr);
 
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 698d14c19587..935ff2aa6f3a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ module_param(latency_factor, uint, 0644);
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpuidle_device *, acpi_cpuidle_device);
 
-struct cpuidle_driver acpi_idle_driver = {
+static struct cpuidle_driver acpi_idle_driver = {
 	.name =		"acpi_idle",
 	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
 };
@@ -1404,6 +1404,13 @@ void acpi_processor_power_init(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 {
 	struct cpuidle_device *dev;
 
+	/*
+	 * The code below only works if the current cpuidle driver is
+	 * acpi_idle_driver.
+	 */
+	if (cpuidle_get_driver() != &acpi_idle_driver)
+		return;
+
 	if (disabled_by_idle_boot_param())
 		return;
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/processor.h b/include/acpi/processor.h
index 24fdaa3c2899..7146a8e9e9c2 100644
--- a/include/acpi/processor.h
+++ b/include/acpi/processor.h
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ static inline void acpi_processor_throttling_init(void) {}
 #endif	/* CONFIG_ACPI_CPU_FREQ_PSS */
 
 /* in processor_idle.c */
-extern struct cpuidle_driver acpi_idle_driver;
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCESSOR_IDLE
 void acpi_processor_power_init(struct acpi_processor *pr);
 void acpi_processor_power_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr);
-- 
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