Re: [PATCH v1] platform/surface: surfacepro3_button: Stop setting acpi_device_name()

[Chen, Yu C]

On 7/6/2026 8:28 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Since acpi_device_name() set by the driver is only used for input
> class device name initialization and printing a message on probe
> success, and SURFACE_BUTTON_DEVICE_NAME can be used instead of it
> directly in both cases, make the driver do so and stop setting
> acpi_device_name().
>
> No intentional functional impact.
>
> This will facilitate the removal of device_name from struct
> acpi_device_pnp in the future.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

I have not noticed any issues,
(sashiko reported an invalid and unrelated to this patch race of UAF,
which should be gated by evdev->mutex)

Reviewed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@xxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
Chenyu