[PATCH v1] hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Stop setting acpi_device_name/class()
From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Mon Jul 06 2026 - 08:36:25 EST
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
The driver populates acpi_device_name() and acpi_device_class() that are
never read afterward, so make it stop doing that and drop the symbols
defined for this purpose.
Since ACPI_POWER_METER_CLASS is also used for generating ACPI netlink
events, use the "pwr_meter_resource" string literal directly instead of
it for that.
No intentional functional impact.
This will facilitate the removal of device_name and device_class from
struct acpi_device_pnp in the future.
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c | 6 +-----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
index 0c9b9f4180fb..8a539e8d1334 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/acpi_power_meter.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#define ACPI_POWER_METER_NAME "power_meter"
-#define ACPI_POWER_METER_DEVICE_NAME "Power Meter"
-#define ACPI_POWER_METER_CLASS "pwr_meter_resource"
#define NUM_SENSORS 17
@@ -877,7 +875,7 @@ static void acpi_power_meter_notify(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
break;
}
- acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event(ACPI_POWER_METER_CLASS,
+ acpi_bus_generate_netlink_event("pwr_meter_resource",
dev_name(&resource->acpi_dev->dev),
event, 0);
}
@@ -899,8 +897,6 @@ static int acpi_power_meter_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
resource->sensors_valid = 0;
resource->acpi_dev = device;
mutex_init(&resource->lock);
- strscpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_POWER_METER_DEVICE_NAME);
- strscpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_POWER_METER_CLASS);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, resource);
--
2.51.0