Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] platform-x86: lenovo-wmi-other: Consolidate name into single const

From: Derek J. Clark

Date: Sun Feb 15 2026 - 02:23:10 EST


On February 14, 2026 10:56:24 PM PST, Kurt Borja <kuurtb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Sun Feb 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM -05, Derek J. Clark wrote:
>> In the next patch a power supply extension is added which requires
>> a name attribute. Instead of creating a third const macro with the
>> same information, replace LWMI_OM_FW_ATTR_BASE_PATH and
>> LWMI_OM_HWMON_NAME with LWMI_OM_NAME and use that everywhere.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Derek J. Clark <derekjohn.clark@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-other.c | 12 +++++-------
>> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-other.c b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-other.c
>> index 876834af838e0..8e52f692f8605 100644
>> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-other.c
>> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-other.c
>> @@ -92,14 +92,13 @@ enum lwmi_feature_id_gpu {
>> #define LWMI_FAN_NR 4
>> #define LWMI_FAN_ID(x) ((x) + LWMI_FAN_ID_BASE)
>>
>> +#define LWMI_FAN_DIV 100
>> +
>> #define LWMI_ATTR_ID_FAN_RPM(x) \
>> LWMI_ATTR_ID(LWMI_DEVICE_ID_FAN, LWMI_FEATURE_ID_FAN_RPM, \
>> LWMI_GZ_THERMAL_MODE_NONE, LWMI_FAN_ID(x))
>>
>> -#define LWMI_FAN_DIV 100
>> -
>> -#define LWMI_OM_FW_ATTR_BASE_PATH "lenovo-wmi-other"
>> -#define LWMI_OM_HWMON_NAME "lenovo_wmi_other"
>> +#define LWMI_OM_NAME "lenovo-wmi-other"
>
>Hi Derek,
>
>This name doesn't work for HWMON because the core forbids dashes '-'
>(see [1]).
>

Ah, well shoot. I'll restore that in v3. Attention to detail...

Thanks,
Derek

>>
>> static BLOCKING_NOTIFIER_HEAD(om_chain_head);
>> static DEFINE_IDA(lwmi_om_ida);
>> @@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ static void lwmi_om_hwmon_add(struct lwmi_om_priv *priv)
>> }
>>
>> priv->hwmon_dev = hwmon_device_register_with_info(&priv->wdev->dev,
>> - LWMI_OM_HWMON_NAME, priv,
>> + LWMI_OM_NAME, priv,
>> &lwmi_om_hwmon_chip_info,
>> NULL);
>> if (IS_ERR(priv->hwmon_dev)) {
>> @@ -1253,8 +1252,7 @@ static int lwmi_om_fw_attr_add(struct lwmi_om_priv *priv)
>>
>> priv->fw_attr_dev = device_create(&firmware_attributes_class, NULL,
>> MKDEV(0, 0), NULL, "%s-%u",
>> - LWMI_OM_FW_ATTR_BASE_PATH,
>> - priv->ida_id);
>> + LWMI_OM_NAME, priv->ida_id);
>> if (IS_ERR(priv->fw_attr_dev)) {
>> err = PTR_ERR(priv->fw_attr_dev);
>> goto err_free_ida;
>
>[1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.19-rc5/source/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c#L910
>