From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@kernel.org>,
Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux PM <linux-pm@vger.kernel.org>,
Lukasz Luba <lukasz.luba@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 05/10] ACPI: video: Use thermal_cooling_device_create()
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:16:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <346b9665-c034-49d4-a6fe-7c27b05e84e8@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <23237491.EfDdHjke4D@rafael.j.wysocki>
Am 11.09.26 um 15:03 schrieb Rafael J. Wysocki:
> From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>
> Instead of using thermal_cooling_device_register() for registering a
> backlight cooling device in the ACPI video bus driver, make it use
> thermal_cooling_device_create() and pass a pointer to the LCD device
> to that function as the cooling class device's parent. That will
> cause the cooling device's sysfs directory to be created under
> the parent's sysfs directory (among other things).
>
> Since creating a class device under a parent causes a "device" symbolic
> link from the sysfs directory of the class device to the sysfs directory
> of the parent to appear automatically, remove the code creating the
> "device" symbolic link from the sysfs directory of the cooling device
> in question to the sysfs directory of the parent's ACPI companion
> device. That companion device is reachable through the "firmware_node"
> symbolic link in the parent's sysfs directory regardless.
>
> Moreover, since the cooling class device is now located in sysfs under
> its parent and it can be easily identified as a cooling device, there is
> no need to create a "thermal_cooling" symbolic link from its parent's
> ACPI companion to it. Accordingly, also remove the code creating that
> symbolic link.
Reviewed-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> index 6cfe390411c1..2a2822516665 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c
> @@ -1700,9 +1700,9 @@ static int acpi_video_resume(struct notifier_block *nb,
>
> static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
> {
> + struct device *phys_dev, *parent = NULL;
> struct backlight_properties props;
> struct pci_dev *pdev;
> - struct device *parent = NULL;
> int result;
> static int count;
> char *name;
> @@ -1729,11 +1729,10 @@ static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
> device,
> &acpi_backlight_ops,
> &props);
> - put_device(parent);
> kfree(name);
> if (IS_ERR(device->backlight)) {
> device->backlight = NULL;
> - return;
> + goto put_parent;
> }
>
> /*
> @@ -1743,8 +1742,12 @@ static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
> device->backlight->props.brightness =
> acpi_video_get_brightness(device->backlight);
>
> - device->cooling_dev = thermal_cooling_device_register("LCD", device,
> - &video_cooling_ops);
> + phys_dev = acpi_bus_get_primary_device(device->dev);
> + if (!phys_dev)
> + phys_dev = get_device(parent);
> +
> + device->cooling_dev = thermal_cooling_device_create(phys_dev, "LCD", device,
> + &video_cooling_ops);
> if (IS_ERR(device->cooling_dev)) {
> /*
> * Set cooling_dev to NULL so we don't crash trying to free it.
> @@ -1753,21 +1756,17 @@ static void acpi_video_dev_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
> * -- dtor
> */
> device->cooling_dev = NULL;
> - return;
> + goto put_phys_dev;
> }
>
> - dev_info(&device->dev->dev, "registered as cooling_device%d\n",
> - device->cooling_dev->id);
> - result = sysfs_create_link(&device->dev->dev.kobj,
> - &device->cooling_dev->device.kobj,
> - "thermal_cooling");
> - if (result)
> - pr_info("sysfs link creation failed\n");
> + dev_info(&device->cooling_dev->device, "Using ACPI device %s\n",
> + acpi_dev_name(device->dev));
>
> - result = sysfs_create_link(&device->cooling_dev->device.kobj,
> - &device->dev->dev.kobj, "device");
> - if (result)
> - pr_info("Reverse sysfs link creation failed\n");
> +put_phys_dev:
> + put_device(phys_dev);
> +
> +put_parent:
> + put_device(parent);
> }
>
> static void acpi_video_run_bcl_for_osi(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
> @@ -1826,8 +1825,6 @@ static int acpi_video_bus_register_backlight(struct acpi_video_bus *video)
> static void acpi_video_dev_unregister_backlight(struct acpi_video_device *device)
> {
> if (device->cooling_dev) {
> - sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
> - sysfs_remove_link(&device->cooling_dev->device.kobj, "device");
> thermal_cooling_device_unregister(device->cooling_dev);
> device->cooling_dev = NULL;
> }
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-11 13:00 [PATCH v1 00/10] ACPI: thermal: Register thermal class cooling devices under parents Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 13:00 ` [PATCH v1 01/10] ACPI: fan: Fix memory leak due to leftover devm_kcalloc() argument Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:29 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-12 13:48 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 21:01 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:01 ` [PATCH v1 02/10] ACPI: video: Fix backlight unregistration ordering Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:27 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 16:35 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 21:02 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:02 ` [PATCH v1 03/10] thermal: core: Introduce thermal_cooling_device_create() Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:04 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-14 10:18 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-15 19:25 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:02 ` [PATCH v1 04/10] ACPI: processor: thermal: Use thermal_cooling_device_create() Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:32 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 16:36 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 16:46 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 17:01 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 18:06 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 21:14 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-13 8:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-13 10:28 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-14 4:35 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 21:11 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:03 ` [PATCH v1 05/10] ACPI: video: " Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:16 ` Armin Wolf [this message]
2026-09-11 13:04 ` [PATCH v1 06/10] ACPI: fan: " Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:17 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:05 ` [PATCH v1 07/10] ACPI: thermal: Use cooling device parent for thermal zone binding Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 16:36 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-09-11 16:41 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-11 21:20 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:05 ` [PATCH v1 08/10] ACPI: processor: thermal: Use more suitable cooling device data Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:22 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:06 ` [PATCH v1 09/10] ACPI: fan: Store ACPI device pointer in struct acpi_fan Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:25 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 13:07 ` [PATCH v1 10/10] ACPI: fan: Use more suitable cooling device data Rafael J. Wysocki
2026-09-11 21:26 ` Armin Wolf
2026-09-11 21:35 ` [PATCH v1 00/10] ACPI: thermal: Register thermal class cooling devices under parents Armin Wolf
2026-09-12 13:34 ` Rafael J. Wysocki (Intel)
2026-09-15 19:20 ` Armin Wolf
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