[PATCH v1 2/2] platform/x86: topstar-laptop: Convert ACPI driver to a platform one

From: Rafael J. Wysocki

Date: Thu Mar 12 2026 - 10:35:31 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 Topstar Laptop ACPI Extras driver from
an 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>
---
drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c | 30 ++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c
index 695ec1d25bcd..e09d7f8ce45f 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/topstar-laptop.c
@@ -285,8 +285,9 @@ static const struct dmi_system_id topstar_dmi_ids[] = {
{}
};

-static int topstar_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
+static int topstar_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
+ struct acpi_device *device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
struct topstar_laptop *topstar;
int err;

@@ -296,9 +297,10 @@ static int topstar_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
if (!topstar)
return -ENOMEM;

+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, topstar);
+
strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), "Topstar TPSACPI");
strscpy(acpi_device_class(device), TOPSTAR_LAPTOP_CLASS);
- device->driver_data = topstar;
topstar->device = device;

err = topstar_acpi_init(topstar);
@@ -339,14 +341,15 @@ static int topstar_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
return err;
}

-static void topstar_acpi_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
+static void topstar_acpi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
- struct topstar_laptop *topstar = acpi_driver_data(device);
+ struct topstar_laptop *topstar = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);

if (led_workaround)
topstar_led_exit(topstar);

- acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(device, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY, topstar_acpi_notify);
+ acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev),
+ ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY, topstar_acpi_notify);
topstar_input_exit(topstar);
topstar_platform_exit(topstar);
topstar_acpi_exit(topstar);
@@ -361,13 +364,12 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id topstar_device_ids[] = {
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, topstar_device_ids);

-static struct acpi_driver topstar_acpi_driver = {
- .name = "Topstar laptop ACPI driver",
- .class = TOPSTAR_LAPTOP_CLASS,
- .ids = topstar_device_ids,
- .ops = {
- .add = topstar_acpi_add,
- .remove = topstar_acpi_remove,
+static struct platform_driver topstar_acpi_driver = {
+ .probe = topstar_acpi_probe,
+ .remove = topstar_acpi_remove,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "Topstar laptop ACPI driver",
+ .acpi_match_table = topstar_device_ids,
},
};

@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ static int __init topstar_laptop_init(void)
if (ret < 0)
return ret;

- ret = acpi_bus_register_driver(&topstar_acpi_driver);
+ ret = platform_driver_register(&topstar_acpi_driver);
if (ret < 0)
goto err_driver_unreg;

@@ -393,7 +395,7 @@ static int __init topstar_laptop_init(void)

static void __exit topstar_laptop_exit(void)
{
- acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&topstar_acpi_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&topstar_acpi_driver);
platform_driver_unregister(&topstar_platform_driver);
}

--
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