[PATCH v1] ACPI: TAD: Use dev_groups in struct device_driver
From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 16:29:51 EST
From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Instead of creating and removing the device sysfs attributes directly
during probe and remove of the driver, respectively, use dev_groups in
struct device_driver to point to the attribute definitions and let the
core take care of creating and removing them.
No intentional functional impact.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
This is on top of linux-next.
---
drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c | 15 ++++++---------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c
@@ -586,6 +586,11 @@ static const struct attribute_group acpi
.is_visible = acpi_tad_attr_is_visible,
};
+static const struct attribute_group *acpi_tad_attr_groups[] = {
+ &acpi_tad_attr_group,
+ NULL,
+};
+
#ifdef CONFIG_RTC_CLASS
/* RTC class device interface */
@@ -663,8 +668,6 @@ static void acpi_tad_remove(struct platf
device_init_wakeup(dev, false);
- sysfs_remove_group(&dev->kobj, &acpi_tad_attr_group);
-
scoped_guard(pm_runtime_noresume, dev) {
if (dd->capabilities & ACPI_TAD_AC_WAKE) {
acpi_tad_disable_timer(dev, ACPI_TAD_AC_TIMER);
@@ -687,7 +690,6 @@ static int acpi_tad_probe(struct platfor
struct acpi_tad_driver_data *dd;
acpi_status status;
unsigned long long caps;
- int ret;
/*
* Initialization failure messages are mostly about firmware issues, so
@@ -731,12 +733,6 @@ static int acpi_tad_probe(struct platfor
pm_runtime_enable(dev);
pm_runtime_suspend(dev);
- ret = sysfs_create_group(&dev->kobj, &acpi_tad_attr_group);
- if (ret) {
- acpi_tad_remove(pdev);
- return ret;
- }
-
if (caps & ACPI_TAD_RT)
acpi_tad_register_rtc(dev);
@@ -752,6 +748,7 @@ static struct platform_driver acpi_tad_d
.driver = {
.name = "acpi-tad",
.acpi_match_table = acpi_tad_ids,
+ .dev_groups = acpi_tad_attr_groups,
},
.probe = acpi_tad_probe,
.remove = acpi_tad_remove,