Re: [PATCH v1 05/10] platform/x86: thinkpad_acpi: Stop setting acpi_device_class()

["Mark Pearson" <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>]

On Fri, Jul 3, 2026, at 7:30 AM, Rafael J.  Wysocki wrote:
> From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
>
> To facilitate the removal of device_class from struct acpi_device_pnp
> in the future, make the driver store the device class string used for
> generating ACPI netlink events in a new device_class field in struct
> ibm_struct.
>
> No intentional functional impact.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c 
> b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c
> index 445e1403308e..f614b2701d48 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/thinkpad_acpi.c
> @@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ struct tp_acpi_drv_struct {
> 
>  struct ibm_struct {
>  	char *name;
> +	acpi_device_class device_class;
> 
>  	int (*read) (struct seq_file *);
>  	int (*write) (char *);
> @@ -838,9 +839,8 @@ static int __init setup_acpi_notify(struct ibm_struct *ibm)
>  	}
> 
>  	ibm->acpi->device->driver_data = ibm;
> -	scnprintf(acpi_device_class(ibm->acpi->device),
> -		  sizeof(acpi_device_class(ibm->acpi->device)),
> -		  "%s/%s", TPACPI_ACPI_EVENT_PREFIX, ibm->name);
> +	scnprintf(ibm->device_class, sizeof(ibm->device_class), "%s/%s",
> +		  TPACPI_ACPI_EVENT_PREFIX, ibm->name);
> 
>  	status = acpi_install_notify_handler(*ibm->acpi->handle,
>  			ibm->acpi->type, dispatch_acpi_notify, ibm);
> @@ -3869,7 +3869,7 @@ static void hotkey_notify(struct ibm_struct *ibm, 
> u32 event)
>  		pr_err("unknown HKEY notification event %d\n", event);
>  		/* forward it to userspace, maybe it knows how to handle it */
>  		acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(
> -					ibm->acpi->device->pnp.device_class,
> +					ibm->device_class,
>  					dev_name(&ibm->acpi->device->dev),
>  					event, 0);
>  		return;
> @@ -3949,7 +3949,7 @@ static void hotkey_notify(struct ibm_struct *ibm, 
> u32 event)
>  		/* netlink events */
>  		if (send_acpi_ev) {
>  			acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(
> -					ibm->acpi->device->pnp.device_class,
> +					ibm->device_class,
>  					dev_name(&ibm->acpi->device->dev),
>  					event, hkey);
>  		}
> -- 
> 2.51.0

Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Mark Pearson <mpearson-lenovo@squebb.ca>