From: ChunAn Wu <an.wu@canonical.com>
To: an.wu@canonical.com
Cc: derekjohn.clark@gmail.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org,
hansg@kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com,
jirislaby@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, markus.probst@posteo.de,
mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 2/3] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: Bind through normal serdev matching
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 11:50:11 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261024035011.2712103-1-an.wu@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261024022930.2704030-1-an.wu@canonical.com>
The driver creates a serdev client without firmware metadata and
force-attaches its driver to it.
Pass the modalias to serdev_device_add() and give the serdev driver a
matching id_table, so that the serdev core binds the two through normal
matching, then drop the manual attachment.
The client now also reports a "serial:dell_uart_backlight" modalias to
userspace instead of failing with -ENODEV. A failing serdev probe no
longer propagates out of the platform probe; as for any other bus, the
client is simply left unbound.
Signed-off-by: ChunAn Wu <an.wu@canonical.com>
---
.../platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c | 18 +++++++-----------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
index f323a667dc2d..9b8ef91bb0a2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
@@ -325,11 +325,17 @@ static int dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(dell_bl->bl);
}
+static const struct serdev_device_id dell_uart_bl_serdev_id[] = {
+ { KBUILD_MODNAME },
+ { }
+};
+
static struct serdev_device_driver dell_uart_bl_serdev_driver = {
.probe = dell_uart_bl_serdev_probe,
.driver = {
.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
},
+ .id_table = dell_uart_bl_serdev_id,
};
static int dell_uart_bl_pdev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -354,7 +360,7 @@ static int dell_uart_bl_pdev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (!serdev)
return -ENOMEM;
- ret = serdev_device_add(serdev);
+ ret = serdev_device_add(serdev, KBUILD_MODNAME);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error %d adding serdev\n", ret);
serdev_device_put(serdev);
@@ -365,20 +371,10 @@ static int dell_uart_bl_pdev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret)
goto err_remove_serdev;
- /*
- * serdev device <-> driver matching relies on OF or ACPI matches and
- * neither is available here, manually bind the driver.
- */
- ret = device_driver_attach(&dell_uart_bl_serdev_driver.driver, &serdev->dev);
- if (ret)
- goto err_unregister_serdev_driver;
-
/* So that dell_uart_bl_pdev_remove() can remove the serdev */
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, serdev);
return 0;
-err_unregister_serdev_driver:
- serdev_device_driver_unregister(&dell_uart_bl_serdev_driver);
err_remove_serdev:
serdev_device_remove(serdev);
return ret;
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-24 3:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-24 2:29 [PATCH v4 0/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node ChunAn Wu
2026-10-24 2:29 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] " ChunAn Wu
2026-10-24 2:29 ` [PATCH v4] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: Bind through normal serdev matching ChunAn Wu
2026-10-24 11:59 ` kernel test robot
2026-10-24 12:03 ` Markus Probst
2026-10-24 17:42 ` kernel test robot
2026-10-24 2:29 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] platform/x86: lenovo-yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger: " ChunAn Wu
2026-10-24 3:50 ` ChunAn Wu [this message]
2026-10-24 8:40 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node An Wu
2026-10-24 11:48 ` Markus Probst
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