[PATCH v1 3/8] ACPI: x86: cmos_rtc: Create a CMOS RTC platform device
From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Feb 23 2026 - 10:35:02 EST
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Make the CMOS RTC ACPI scan handler create a platform device that will
be used subsequently by rtc-cmos for driver binding on x86 systems with
ACPI and update add_rtc_cmos() to skip registering a fallback platform
device for the CMOS RTC when the above one has been registered.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c | 4 ++++
drivers/acpi/x86/cmos_rtc.c | 8 ++++++++
include/linux/acpi.h | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
index 51a849a79c98..b112178e8185 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/rtc.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
/*
* RTC related functions
*/
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/mc146818rtc.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
@@ -146,6 +147,9 @@ static __init int add_rtc_cmos(void)
}
}
#endif
+ if (cmos_rtc_platform_device_present)
+ return 0;
+
if (!x86_platform.legacy.rtc)
return -ENODEV;
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/x86/cmos_rtc.c b/drivers/acpi/x86/cmos_rtc.c
index 45db7e51cbe6..bdd66dfd4a44 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/x86/cmos_rtc.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/x86/cmos_rtc.c
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ static const struct acpi_device_id acpi_cmos_rtc_ids[] = {
{}
};
+bool cmos_rtc_platform_device_present;
+
static bool cmos_rtc_space_handler_present __read_mostly;
static acpi_status acpi_cmos_rtc_space_handler(u32 function,
@@ -103,6 +105,12 @@ static int acpi_cmos_rtc_attach(struct acpi_device *adev,
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acpi_create_platform_device(adev, NULL))) {
+ pr_err("Failed to create CMOS-RTC platform device\n");
+ return 0;
+ } else {
+ cmos_rtc_platform_device_present = true;
+ }
return 1;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/acpi.h b/include/linux/acpi.h
index 4d2f0bed7a06..2bdb801cee01 100644
--- a/include/linux/acpi.h
+++ b/include/linux/acpi.h
@@ -791,6 +791,8 @@ const char *acpi_get_subsystem_id(acpi_handle handle);
int acpi_mrrm_max_mem_region(void);
#endif
+extern bool cmos_rtc_platform_device_present;
+
#else /* !CONFIG_ACPI */
#define acpi_disabled 1
@@ -1116,6 +1118,8 @@ static inline int acpi_mrrm_max_mem_region(void)
return 1;
}
+#define cmos_rtc_platform_device_present false
+
#endif /* !CONFIG_ACPI */
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_HMAT
--
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