* [PATCH v6 0/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node
@ 2026-10-25 2:03 ChunAn Wu
2026-10-25 2:03 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] " ChunAn Wu
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0 siblings, 3 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: ChunAn Wu @ 2026-10-25 2:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-serial, platform-driver-x86
Cc: linux-kernel, markus.probst, gregkh, jirislaby, hansg,
ilpo.jarvinen, mpearson-lenovo, derekjohn.clark
Driver-created serdev clients without an ACPI companion or device tree
node currently have no modalias and cannot be matched to a driver:
their modalias sysfs read returns -ENODEV and their creators force a
bind with device_driver_attach().
Backlight function on dell-uart-backlight is not affected: that class
device is registered independently and gets its own add uevent. The
user-visible breakage is the failing modalias read on an existing
serdev child -- Checkbox dkms_info_attachment aborts with
"OSError: [Errno 19] No such device".
Resolve the two long-standing serdev-core TODOs by letting the creator
pass a modalias to serdev_device_add() and giving the serdev driver an
id_table, modelled on the SPI bus. ACPI and OF match first and are
unchanged. Convert dell-uart-backlight and the Lenovo Yoga Tab 2 Pro
fastcharger to this path and drop their force-attach workarounds.
Changes in v6:
- Patch 1: switch dell-uart-backlight and yoga-tab2-pro-1380
fastcharger over to the new serdev_device_add() signature with
modalias=NULL so the tree keeps building through patch 1; patches
2/3 then switch them to a real modalias. Fixes the bisect break
that sashiko-bot flagged (true positive, Markus Probst confirmed).
- Patch 1: wire up struct serdev_device_id in modpost, modelled on
the SPI bus: new DEVID() + DEVID_FIELD() entries in
scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c, do_serdev_entry() and devtable[]
entry in scripts/mod/file2alias.c, and the device-id/serdev.h
include in include/linux/mod_devicetable.h. Also add
serdev_device_id to scripts/coccinelle/misc/of_table.cocci.
Reported by sashiko-bot; the two in-tree firmware-less clients do
not need MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(serdev, ...) because the same module
creates and drives their serdev child, but the plumbing matches
the other buses in case out-of-tree users want it. Markus Probst
confirmed as true positive.
- Patch 1: drop the unused `#include <linux/string.h>` from
include/linux/serdev.h. strscpy() is used only in core.c, which
already pulls string.h transitively. Reported by Markus Probst.
- Patch 1: drop Markus's v5 Reviewed-by. The modpost wiring and the
dell/yoga NULL-stub bisect fix are new code he has not seen; the
tag belongs on code that was actually reviewed.
- Patch 3: drop the "serdev driver MUST be registered first" comment
in yt2_1380_fc_module_init(). With id_table matching the order of
driver_register vs device_add no longer matters. Reported by
Markus Probst.
Changes in v5:
- Patch 1: restore is_serdev_device() guard at the top of
serdev_device_match(). Dropping it was correct when match only
called acpi/of helpers, but Patch 1 also adds
serdev_match_id(sdrv->id_table, serdev->modalias), which
dereferences serdev_device-only memory. Since serdev_controller
shares serdev_bus_type, the driver core calls .match on controllers
too; without the guard, serdev->modalias on a controller reads bytes
from inside host/nr/serdev/ops, and strcmp() can walk past the end of
the controller struct. Reported by sashiko-bot on 2/3 and 3/3.
Changes in v4:
- Patch 1: drop the dead is_serdev_device() guard from the match
callback, and dereference serdev once at the top
- Patch 1: drop the "large enough" comment on SERDEV_NAME_SIZE
- Patch 1: in struct serdev_device_driver, place id_table right under
driver, next to driver->of_match_table and driver->acpi_match_table
- Patch 1: merge serdev_device_set_modalias() into serdev_device_add()
so the modalias is set at the only point where forgetting it would
matter; internal firmware callers pass NULL
- All three patches: tightened commit messages and moved the v2/v3
changelog narrative out of Patch 1 into this cover letter
Changes in v3:
- Rename struct serdev_device::name to ::modalias; dev_name() is
unchanged
- Model matching on the SPI bus: add struct serdev_device_id and
id_table; drop driver->name matching
- Add serdev_device_set_modalias() helper and SERDEV_MODULE_PREFIX
- No MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(serdev, ...) support: both in-tree
firmware-less clients are created by the same module that provides
their driver, so udev has nothing to autoload
Changes in v2:
- Instead of silently returning success with no modalias, use a
creator-supplied name as a "serial:<name>" modalias fallback and as
the matching key, so clients can bind through normal serdev matching
v5: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1792831564.git.an.wu@canonical.com/
v4: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261024022930.2704030-1-an.wu@canonical.com/
v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261023052717.2577234-1-an.wu@canonical.com/
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261022032842.2492572-1-an.wu@canonical.com/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20261021092124.2306053-1-an.wu@canonical.com/
ChunAn Wu (3):
serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node
platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: Bind through normal serdev matching
platform/x86: lenovo-yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger: Bind through
normal serdev matching
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
.../platform/x86/dell/dell-uart-backlight.c | 18 +++---
.../lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c | 25 +++-----
.../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, 120 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/device-id/serdev.h
base-commit: 9e947d96915af63e28896caae85a81b74855621b
--
2.34.1
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* [PATCH v6 1/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node
2026-10-25 2:03 [PATCH v6 0/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node ChunAn Wu
@ 2026-10-25 2:03 ` ChunAn Wu
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
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: ChunAn Wu @ 2026-10-25 2:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-serial, platform-driver-x86
Cc: linux-kernel, markus.probst, gregkh, jirislaby, hansg,
ilpo.jarvinen, mpearson-lenovo, derekjohn.clark
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
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* [PATCH v6 2/3] platform/x86: dell-uart-backlight: Bind through normal serdev matching
2026-10-25 2:03 [PATCH v6 0/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node ChunAn Wu
2026-10-25 2:03 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] " ChunAn Wu
@ 2026-10-25 2:03 ` ChunAn Wu
2026-10-25 2:03 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] platform/x86: lenovo-yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger: " ChunAn Wu
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: ChunAn Wu @ 2026-10-25 2:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-serial, platform-driver-x86
Cc: linux-kernel, markus.probst, gregkh, jirislaby, hansg,
ilpo.jarvinen, mpearson-lenovo, derekjohn.clark
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>
Reviewed-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@posteo.de>
---
.../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 f076cfac2bc5..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, NULL);
+ 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
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* [PATCH v6 3/3] platform/x86: lenovo-yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger: Bind through normal serdev matching
2026-10-25 2:03 [PATCH v6 0/3] serdev: handle devices without an ACPI or device tree node ChunAn Wu
2026-10-25 2:03 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] " ChunAn Wu
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 ` ChunAn Wu
2 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: ChunAn Wu @ 2026-10-25 2:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-serial, platform-driver-x86
Cc: linux-kernel, markus.probst, gregkh, jirislaby, hansg,
ilpo.jarvinen, mpearson-lenovo, derekjohn.clark
The software-node-backed serdev client cannot be matched through ACPI or
device tree and is force-attached to its driver.
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. Deferred probing is then handled by the driver core, so the
-EAGAIN translation is no longer needed.
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>
Reviewed-by: Markus Probst <markus.probst@posteo.de>
---
.../lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c | 25 ++++++-------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
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 5e568fe1162d..ecac3eb3f336 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/yoga-tab2-pro-1380-fastcharger.c
@@ -219,11 +219,17 @@ static int yt2_1380_fc_serdev_probe(struct serdev_device *serdev)
return 0;
}
+static const struct serdev_device_id yt2_1380_fc_serdev_id[] = {
+ { KBUILD_MODNAME },
+ { }
+};
+
static struct serdev_device_driver yt2_1380_fc_serdev_driver = {
.probe = yt2_1380_fc_serdev_probe,
.driver = {
.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
},
+ .id_table = yt2_1380_fc_serdev_id,
};
static const struct pinctrl_map yt2_1380_fc_pinctrl_map[] = {
@@ -260,25 +266,12 @@ 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, NULL);
+ ret = serdev_device_add(serdev, KBUILD_MODNAME);
if (ret) {
serdev_device_put(serdev);
return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret, "adding serdev\n");
}
- /*
- * serdev device <-> driver matching relies on OF or ACPI matches and
- * neither is available here, manually bind the driver.
- */
- ret = device_driver_attach(&yt2_1380_fc_serdev_driver.driver, &serdev->dev);
- if (ret) {
- /* device_driver_attach() maps EPROBE_DEFER to EAGAIN, map it back */
- serdev_device_remove(serdev);
- return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev,
- (ret == -EAGAIN) ? -EPROBE_DEFER : ret,
- "attaching serdev driver\n");
- }
-
/* So that yt2_1380_fc_pdev_remove() can remove the serdev */
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, serdev);
return 0;
@@ -304,10 +297,6 @@ static int __init yt2_1380_fc_module_init(void)
{
int ret;
- /*
- * serdev driver MUST be registered first because pdev driver calls
- * device_driver_attach() on the serdev, serdev-driver pair.
- */
ret = serdev_device_driver_register(&yt2_1380_fc_serdev_driver);
if (ret)
return ret;
--
2.34.1
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