[PATCH v1] ptp: vmw: Convert to a platform driver
From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Sat Mar 14 2026 - 07:44:04 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 PTP VMware 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/ptp/ptp_vmw.c | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c
index 20ab05c4daa8..8510121d79d1 100644
--- a/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c
+++ b/drivers/ptp/ptp_vmw.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/ptp_clock_kernel.h>
#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
#include <asm/vmware.h>
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ static struct ptp_clock_info ptp_vmw_clock_info = {
* ACPI driver ops for VMware "precision clock" virtual device.
*/
-static int ptp_vmw_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
+static int ptp_vmw_acpi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
ptp_vmw_clock = ptp_clock_register(&ptp_vmw_clock_info, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(ptp_vmw_clock)) {
@@ -91,11 +92,11 @@ static int ptp_vmw_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
return PTR_ERR(ptp_vmw_clock);
}
- ptp_vmw_acpi_device = device;
+ ptp_vmw_acpi_device = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
return 0;
}
-static void ptp_vmw_acpi_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
+static void ptp_vmw_acpi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
{
ptp_clock_unregister(ptp_vmw_clock);
}
@@ -107,12 +108,12 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id ptp_vmw_acpi_device_ids[] = {
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, ptp_vmw_acpi_device_ids);
-static struct acpi_driver ptp_vmw_acpi_driver = {
- .name = "ptp_vmw",
- .ids = ptp_vmw_acpi_device_ids,
- .ops = {
- .add = ptp_vmw_acpi_add,
- .remove = ptp_vmw_acpi_remove
+static struct platform_driver ptp_vmw_acpi_driver = {
+ .probe = ptp_vmw_acpi_probe,
+ .remove = ptp_vmw_acpi_remove,
+ .driver = {
+ .name = "ptp_vmw_acpi",
+ .acpi_match_table = ptp_vmw_acpi_device_ids,
},
};
@@ -120,12 +121,12 @@ static int __init ptp_vmw_init(void)
{
if (x86_hyper_type != X86_HYPER_VMWARE)
return -1;
- return acpi_bus_register_driver(&ptp_vmw_acpi_driver);
+ return platform_driver_register(&ptp_vmw_acpi_driver);
}
static void __exit ptp_vmw_exit(void)
{
- acpi_bus_unregister_driver(&ptp_vmw_acpi_driver);
+ platform_driver_unregister(&ptp_vmw_acpi_driver);
}
module_init(ptp_vmw_init);
--
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