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

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 02:28:56PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:

> 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.

...

> -	input->name = acpi_device_name(device);
> +	input->name = SURFACE_BUTTON_DEVICE_NAME;
>  	input->phys = button->phys;
>  	input->id.bustype = BUS_HOST;
>  	input->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;

> -	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%s [%s]\n", acpi_device_name(device),
> +	dev_info(&pdev->dev, SURFACE_BUTTON_DEVICE_NAME " [%s]\n",
>  		 acpi_device_bid(device));

I would keep one place of accessing the definition:

	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "%s [%s]\n", input->name, acpi_device_bid(device));

If we ever change that, we won't need to look at two (or more) places.


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko