Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] platform/x86: eeepc-laptop: Register ACPI notify handler directly

From: Denis Benato

Date: Sat Feb 28 2026 - 12:04:10 EST



On 2/28/26 16:22, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> To facilitate subsequent conversion of the driver to a platform one,
> make it install an ACPI notify handler directly instead of using
> a .notify() callback in struct acpi_driver.
>
> No intentional functional impact.
Reviewed-by: Denis Benato <denis.benato@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> index 974f55e0b36f..626a99a71fce 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/eeepc-laptop.c
> @@ -1204,9 +1204,10 @@ static void eeepc_input_notify(struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc, int event)
> pr_info("Unknown key %x pressed\n", event);
> }
>
> -static void eeepc_acpi_notify(struct acpi_device *device, u32 event)
> +static void eeepc_acpi_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
> {
> - struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc = acpi_driver_data(device);
> + struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc = data;
> + struct acpi_device *device = eeepc->device;
> int old_brightness, new_brightness;
> u16 count;
>
> @@ -1422,9 +1423,16 @@ static int eeepc_acpi_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> if (result)
> goto fail_rfkill;
>
> + result = acpi_dev_install_notify_handler(device, ACPI_ALL_NOTIFY,
> + eeepc_acpi_notify, eeepc);
> + if (result)
> + goto fail_acpi_notifier;
> +
> eeepc_device_present = true;
> return 0;
>
> +fail_acpi_notifier:
> + eeepc_rfkill_exit(eeepc);
> fail_rfkill:
> eeepc_led_exit(eeepc);
> fail_led:
> @@ -1444,6 +1452,7 @@ static void eeepc_acpi_remove(struct acpi_device *device)
> {
> struct eeepc_laptop *eeepc = acpi_driver_data(device);
>
> + acpi_dev_remove_notify_handler(device, ACPI_ALL_NOTIFY, eeepc_acpi_notify);
> eeepc_backlight_exit(eeepc);
> eeepc_rfkill_exit(eeepc);
> eeepc_input_exit(eeepc);
> @@ -1464,11 +1473,9 @@ static struct acpi_driver eeepc_acpi_driver = {
> .name = EEEPC_LAPTOP_NAME,
> .class = EEEPC_ACPI_CLASS,
> .ids = eeepc_device_ids,
> - .flags = ACPI_DRIVER_ALL_NOTIFY_EVENTS,
> .ops = {
> .add = eeepc_acpi_add,
> .remove = eeepc_acpi_remove,
> - .notify = eeepc_acpi_notify,
> },
> };
>