[PATCH v1 1/6] platform/chrome: Convert ChromeOS privacy-screen driver to platform

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Wed Mar 04 2026 - 13:52:14 EST


From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>

In all cases in which a struct acpi_driver is used for binding a driver
to an ACPI device object, a corresponding platform device is created by
the ACPI core and that device is regarded as a proper representation of
underlying hardware. Accordingly, a struct platform_driver should be
used by driver code to bind to that device. There are multiple reasons
why drivers should not bind directly to ACPI device objects [1].

Overall, it is better to bind drivers to platform devices than to their
ACPI companions, so convert the ChromeOS privacy-screen ACPI driver
to a platform one.

While this is not expected to alter functionality, it changes sysfs
layout and so it will be visible to user space.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/2396510.ElGaqSPkdT@rafael.j.wysocki/ [1]
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
.../platform/chrome/chromeos_privacy_screen.c | 41 ++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_privacy_screen.c b/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_privacy_screen.c
index bb74ddf9af4a..abc5d189a389 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_privacy_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/chrome/chromeos_privacy_screen.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
*/

#include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <drm/drm_privacy_screen_driver.h>

/*
@@ -32,11 +33,10 @@ chromeos_privacy_screen_get_hw_state(struct drm_privacy_screen
*drm_privacy_screen)
{
union acpi_object *obj;
- acpi_handle handle;
struct device *privacy_screen =
drm_privacy_screen_get_drvdata(drm_privacy_screen);
+ acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(privacy_screen);

- handle = acpi_device_handle(to_acpi_device(privacy_screen));
obj = acpi_evaluate_dsm(handle, &chromeos_privacy_screen_dsm_guid,
PRIV_SCRN_DSM_REVID,
PRIV_SCRN_DSM_FN_GET_STATUS, NULL);
@@ -65,11 +65,9 @@ chromeos_privacy_screen_set_sw_state(struct drm_privacy_screen
enum drm_privacy_screen_status state)
{
union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
- acpi_handle handle;
struct device *privacy_screen =
drm_privacy_screen_get_drvdata(drm_privacy_screen);
-
- handle = acpi_device_handle(to_acpi_device(privacy_screen));
+ acpi_handle handle = ACPI_HANDLE(privacy_screen);

if (state == PRIVACY_SCREEN_DISABLED) {
obj = acpi_evaluate_dsm(handle,
@@ -104,30 +102,28 @@ static const struct drm_privacy_screen_ops chromeos_privacy_screen_ops = {
.set_sw_state = chromeos_privacy_screen_set_sw_state,
};

-static int chromeos_privacy_screen_add(struct acpi_device *adev)
+static int chromeos_privacy_screen_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
struct drm_privacy_screen *drm_privacy_screen =
- drm_privacy_screen_register(&adev->dev,
+ drm_privacy_screen_register(&pdev->dev,
&chromeos_privacy_screen_ops,
- &adev->dev);
+ &pdev->dev);

if (IS_ERR(drm_privacy_screen)) {
- dev_err(&adev->dev, "Error registering privacy-screen\n");
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Error registering privacy-screen\n");
return PTR_ERR(drm_privacy_screen);
}

- adev->driver_data = drm_privacy_screen;
- dev_info(&adev->dev, "registered privacy-screen '%s'\n",
+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, drm_privacy_screen);
+ dev_info(&pdev->dev, "registered privacy-screen '%s'\n",
dev_name(&drm_privacy_screen->dev));

return 0;
}

-static void chromeos_privacy_screen_remove(struct acpi_device *adev)
+static void chromeos_privacy_screen_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
- struct drm_privacy_screen *drm_privacy_screen = acpi_driver_data(adev);
-
- drm_privacy_screen_unregister(drm_privacy_screen);
+ drm_privacy_screen_unregister(platform_get_drvdata(pdev));
}

static const struct acpi_device_id chromeos_privacy_screen_device_ids[] = {
@@ -136,17 +132,16 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id chromeos_privacy_screen_device_ids[] = {
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, chromeos_privacy_screen_device_ids);

-static struct acpi_driver chromeos_privacy_screen_driver = {
- .name = "chromeos_privacy_screen_driver",
- .class = "ChromeOS",
- .ids = chromeos_privacy_screen_device_ids,
- .ops = {
- .add = chromeos_privacy_screen_add,
- .remove = chromeos_privacy_screen_remove,
+static struct platform_driver chromeos_privacy_screen_driver = {
+ .probe = chromeos_privacy_screen_probe,
+ .remove = chromeos_privacy_screen_remove,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "chromeos_privacy_screen_driver",
+ .acpi_match_table = chromeos_privacy_screen_device_ids,
},
};

-module_acpi_driver(chromeos_privacy_screen_driver);
+module_platform_driver(chromeos_privacy_screen_driver);
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ChromeOS ACPI Privacy Screen driver");
MODULE_AUTHOR("Rajat Jain <rajatja@xxxxxxxxxx>");
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