From: ChunAn Wu <an.wu@canonical.com>
To: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, markus.probst@posteo.de,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jirislaby@kernel.org,
hansg@kernel.org, ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com,
mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca, derekjohn.clark@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH v6 1/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:03:15 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <263a607c3602f31a3f6fdd245e3c2008cdf97abd.1792856688.git.an.wu@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1792856688.git.an.wu@canonical.com>
Serdev clients instantiated by a driver have no ACPI companion and no
device tree node. Their modalias read returns -ENODEV, their add uevent
is suppressed, and they cannot be driver-matched, so creators force a
bind with device_driver_attach().
Resolve both TODOs in the serdev core by modelling matching on the SPI
bus: let the creator pass a modalias to serdev_device_add() and give
struct serdev_device_driver an id_table. ACPI and OF are still tried
first; clients without their own modalias keep returning -ENODEV. The
device name, derived from the controller, is unchanged.
Split struct serdev_device_id and its defines into a new
include/linux/device-id/serdev.h, following the pattern already used by
the SPI and I2C buses, and wire the new ID struct up in file2alias and
the of_table coccinelle check.
Update the existing serdev_device_add() callers to pass NULL. The two
in-tree firmware-less clients (dell-uart-backlight, yoga-tab2-pro-1380
fastcharger) also pass NULL here so the tree keeps building across the
series; the two following patches switch them to a real modalias and
drop their force_attach workarounds.
Signed-off-by: ChunAn Wu <an.wu@canonical.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
.../platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c | 2 +-
.../lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c | 2 +-
.../platform/x86/x86-android-tablets/core.c | 2 +-
drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c | 2 +-
drivers/tty/serdev/core.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++---
include/linux/device-id/serdev.h | 19 ++++++
include/linux/mod_devicetable.h | 1 +
include/linux/serdev.h | 11 +++-
scripts/coccinelle/misc/of_table.cocci | 16 ++---
scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c | 3 +
scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 9 +++
12 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/device-id/serdev.h
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 917f3f72e31b..06e67aa5d9b0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -24905,6 +24905,7 @@ L: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org
S: Maintained
F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/serial/serial.yaml
F: drivers/tty/serdev/
+F: include/linux/device-id/serdev.h
F: include/linux/serdev.h
F: rust/helpers/serdev.c
F: rust/kernel/serdev.rs
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
index f323a667dc2d..f076cfac2bc5 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ 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, NULL);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "error %d adding serdev\n", ret);
serdev_device_put(serdev);
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c
index 8551ab4d2c7d..5e568fe1162d 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ static int yt2_1380_fc_pdev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
/* The fwnode is a managed node, so it will be auto-put on serdev_device_put() */
fwnode_handle_get(dev_fwnode(&serdev->dev));
- ret = serdev_device_add(serdev);
+ ret = serdev_device_add(serdev, NULL);
if (ret) {
serdev_device_put(serdev);
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "adding serdev\n");
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/x86-android-tablets/core.c b/drivers/platform/x86/x86-android-tablets/core.c
index cfff7f5eac5d..853aa6ff5d50 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/x86-android-tablets/core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/x86-android-tablets/core.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static __init int x86_instantiate_serdev(const struct x86_dev_info *dev_info, in
ACPI_COMPANION_SET(&serdev->dev, serdev_adev);
acpi_device_set_enumerated(serdev_adev);
- ret = serdev_device_add(serdev);
+ ret = serdev_device_add(serdev, NULL);
if (ret) {
dev_err(&serdev->dev, "error %d adding serdev\n", ret);
serdev_device_put(serdev);
diff --git a/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c b/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c
index e42e85f47629..e0482f2ef39f 100644
--- a/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c
+++ b/drivers/power/sequencing/pwrseq-pcie-m2.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int pwrseq_pcie_m2_create_serdev_one(struct pwrseq_pcie_m2_ctx *ctx,
if (ret)
goto err_free_serdev;
- ret = serdev_device_add(pci_dev->serdev);
+ ret = serdev_device_add(pci_dev->serdev, NULL);
if (ret) {
dev_err(dev, "Failed to add serdev for PCI device (%s): %d\n",
pci_name(pdev), ret);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
index 7500efcdfc21..e0517d5a48da 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/core.c
@@ -29,13 +29,21 @@ static DEFINE_IDA(ctrl_ida);
static ssize_t modalias_show(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
{
+ const struct serdev_device *serdev = to_serdev_device(dev);
int len;
len = acpi_device_modalias(dev, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
if (len != -ENODEV)
return len;
- return of_device_modalias(dev, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+ len = of_device_modalias(dev, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
+ if (len != -ENODEV)
+ return len;
+
+ if (!serdev->modalias[0])
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s%s\n", SERDEV_MODULE_PREFIX, serdev->modalias);
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(modalias);
@@ -47,15 +55,22 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(serdev_device);
static int serdev_device_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
{
+ const struct serdev_device *serdev = to_serdev_device(dev);
int rc;
- /* TODO: platform modalias */
-
rc = acpi_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
if (rc != -ENODEV)
return rc;
- return of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
+ rc = of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
+ if (rc != -ENODEV)
+ return rc;
+
+ if (!serdev->modalias[0])
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ return add_uevent_var(env, "MODALIAS=%s%s", SERDEV_MODULE_PREFIX,
+ serdev->modalias);
}
static void serdev_device_release(struct device *dev)
@@ -86,28 +101,57 @@ static const struct device_type serdev_ctrl_type = {
.release = serdev_ctrl_release,
};
+static const struct serdev_device_id *serdev_match_id(const struct serdev_device_id *id,
+ const char *modalias)
+{
+ if (!id || !modalias[0])
+ return NULL;
+
+ while (id->name[0]) {
+ if (!strcmp(modalias, id->name))
+ return id;
+ id++;
+ }
+
+ return NULL;
+}
+
static int serdev_device_match(struct device *dev, const struct device_driver *drv)
{
+ const struct serdev_device *serdev;
+ const struct serdev_device_driver *sdrv;
+
if (!is_serdev_device(dev))
return 0;
- /* TODO: platform matching */
+ serdev = to_serdev_device(dev);
+ sdrv = to_serdev_device_driver(drv);
+
if (acpi_driver_match_device(dev, drv))
return 1;
- return of_driver_match_device(dev, drv);
+ if (of_driver_match_device(dev, drv))
+ return 1;
+
+ return !!serdev_match_id(sdrv->id_table, serdev->modalias);
}
/**
* serdev_device_add() - add a device previously constructed via serdev_device_alloc()
* @serdev: serdev_device to be added
+ * @modalias: Driver name or alias, used to match devices which have neither
+ * an ACPI companion nor a device tree node. NULL for devices
+ * enumerated from firmware.
*/
-int serdev_device_add(struct serdev_device *serdev)
+int serdev_device_add(struct serdev_device *serdev, const char *modalias)
{
struct serdev_controller *ctrl = serdev->ctrl;
struct device *parent = serdev->dev.parent;
int err;
+ if (modalias)
+ strscpy(serdev->modalias, modalias);
+
dev_set_name(&serdev->dev, "%s-%d", dev_name(parent), serdev->nr);
/* Only a single slave device is currently supported. */
@@ -553,7 +597,7 @@ static int of_serdev_register_devices(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
device_set_node(&serdev->dev, of_fwnode_handle(node));
- err = serdev_device_add(serdev);
+ err = serdev_device_add(serdev, NULL);
if (err) {
dev_err(&serdev->dev,
"failure adding device. status %pe\n",
@@ -707,7 +751,7 @@ static acpi_status acpi_serdev_register_device(struct serdev_controller *ctrl,
ACPI_COMPANION_SET(&serdev->dev, adev);
acpi_device_set_enumerated(adev);
- err = serdev_device_add(serdev);
+ err = serdev_device_add(serdev, NULL);
if (err) {
dev_err(&serdev->dev,
"failure adding ACPI serdev device. status %pe\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/device-id/serdev.h b/include/linux/device-id/serdev.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96644953cece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/device-id/serdev.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef LINUX_DEVICE_ID_SERDEV_H
+#define LINUX_DEVICE_ID_SERDEV_H
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+typedef unsigned long kernel_ulong_t;
+#endif
+
+/* serdev */
+
+#define SERDEV_NAME_SIZE 40
+#define SERDEV_MODULE_PREFIX "serial:"
+
+struct serdev_device_id {
+ char name[SERDEV_NAME_SIZE];
+ kernel_ulong_t driver_data; /* Data private to the driver */
+};
+
+#endif /* ifndef LINUX_DEVICE_ID_SERDEV_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
index 318c4b5c3451..4cb18c41254a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
+++ b/include/linux/mod_devicetable.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
#include "device-id/rpmsg.h"
#include "device-id/sdio.h"
#include "device-id/sdw.h"
+#include "device-id/serdev.h"
#include "device-id/serio.h"
#include "device-id/slim.h"
#include "device-id/spi.h"
diff --git a/include/linux/serdev.h b/include/linux/serdev.h
index b6c3d957ec15..81528c69456a 100644
--- a/include/linux/serdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/serdev.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/device-id/serdev.h>
#include <linux/iopoll.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/termios.h>
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ struct serdev_device_ops {
* struct serdev_device - Basic representation of an serdev device
* @dev: Driver model representation of the device.
* @nr: Device number on serdev bus.
+ * @modalias: Name of the driver to use with this device, or the alias
+ * for it. Empty for devices enumerated from firmware, which
+ * are identified through their ACPI companion or their device
+ * tree node instead. See serdev_device_add().
* @ctrl: serdev controller managing this device.
* @ops: Device operations.
* @write_comp: Completion used by serdev_device_write() internally
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ struct serdev_device_ops {
struct serdev_device {
struct device dev;
int nr;
+ char modalias[SERDEV_NAME_SIZE];
struct serdev_controller *ctrl;
const struct serdev_device_ops *ops;
struct completion write_comp;
@@ -55,12 +61,15 @@ struct serdev_device {
* struct serdev_device_driver - serdev slave device driver
* @driver: serdev device drivers should initialize name field of this
* structure.
+ * @id_table: List of serdev devices supported by this driver, used to
+ * match devices which are not enumerated from firmware.
* @probe: binds this driver to a serdev device.
* @remove: unbinds this driver from the serdev device.
* @shutdown: shut down this serdev device.
*/
struct serdev_device_driver {
struct device_driver driver;
+ const struct serdev_device_id *id_table;
int (*probe)(struct serdev_device *);
void (*remove)(struct serdev_device *);
void (*shutdown)(struct serdev_device *);
@@ -158,7 +167,7 @@ static inline void serdev_controller_put(struct serdev_controller *ctrl)
}
struct serdev_device *serdev_device_alloc(struct serdev_controller *);
-int serdev_device_add(struct serdev_device *);
+int serdev_device_add(struct serdev_device *serdev, const char *modalias);
void serdev_device_remove(struct serdev_device *);
struct serdev_controller *serdev_controller_alloc(struct device *host,
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/of_table.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/of_table.cocci
index 17881cb0884b..3b6dc2c13703 100644
--- a/scripts/coccinelle/misc/of_table.cocci
+++ b/scripts/coccinelle/misc/of_table.cocci
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/// Make sure (of/i2c/platform/spi)_device_id tables are NULL terminated
+/// Make sure (of/i2c/platform/serdev/spi)_device_id tables are NULL terminated
//
-// Keywords: of_table i2c_table platform_table
+// Keywords: of_table i2c_table platform_table serdev_table
// Confidence: Medium
// Options: --include-headers
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ identifier var, arr;
expression E;
@@
(
-struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
+struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| serdev_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
...,
{
.var = E,
* }
};
|
-struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
+struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| serdev_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
...,
* { ..., E, ... },
};
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ identifier var, arr;
expression E;
@@
(
-struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
+struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| serdev_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
...,
{
.var = E,
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\)
+ { }
};
|
-struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
+struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| serdev_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
...,
{ ..., E, ... },
+ { },
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ identifier var, arr;
expression E;
@@
(
-struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
+struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| serdev_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
...,
{
.var = E,
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\)
@p1
};
|
-struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
+struct \(of_device_id \| i2c_device_id \| platform_device_id \| serdev_device_id \| spi_device_id\) arr[] = {
...,
{ ..., E, ... }
@p1
diff --git a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
index 1492e9fdc7cb..522bea285c7a 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ int main(void)
DEVID_FIELD(slim_device_id, manf_id);
DEVID_FIELD(slim_device_id, prod_code);
+ DEVID(serdev_device_id);
+ DEVID_FIELD(serdev_device_id, name);
+
DEVID(spi_device_id);
DEVID_FIELD(spi_device_id, name);
diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 980d7da456bb..552847deab94 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -886,6 +886,14 @@ static void do_slim_entry(struct module *mod, void *symval)
module_alias_printf(mod, false, "slim:%x:%x:*", manf_id, prod_code);
}
+/* Looks like: serial:S */
+static void do_serdev_entry(struct module *mod, void *symval)
+{
+ DEF_FIELD_ADDR(symval, serdev_device_id, name);
+
+ module_alias_printf(mod, false, SERDEV_MODULE_PREFIX "%s", *name);
+}
+
/* Looks like: spi:S */
static void do_spi_entry(struct module *mod, void *symval)
{
@@ -1500,6 +1508,7 @@ static const struct devtable devtable[] = {
{"rpmsg", SIZE_rpmsg_device_id, do_rpmsg_entry},
{"i2c", SIZE_i2c_device_id, do_i2c_entry},
{"i3c", SIZE_i3c_device_id, do_i3c_entry},
+ {"serdev", SIZE_serdev_device_id, do_serdev_entry},
{"slim", SIZE_slim_device_id, do_slim_entry},
{"spi", SIZE_spi_device_id, do_spi_entry},
{"dmi", SIZE_dmi_system_id, do_dmi_entry},
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-25 2:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-25 2:03 [PATCH v6 0/3] " ChunAn Wu
2026-10-25 2:03 ` ChunAn Wu [this message]
2026-10-25 2:03 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: Bind through normal serdev matching ChunAn Wu
2026-10-25 2:03 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] platform/x86: lenovo-yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger: " ChunAn Wu
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