[PATCH v4 00/13] notifier: add device-managed registration APIs and convert drivers

From: Eliav Farber

Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 06:18:25 EST


Many drivers repeat the same boilerplate when registering notifiers with
device lifetime:

1. Register the notifier with *_notifier_chain_register()
2. Check for error
3. Register a devm action to unregister on teardown
4. Implement a per-driver static unregister callback

This series adds devm_atomic_notifier_chain_register() and
devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register() that automatically unregister
the notifier when the device is unbound, then converts 11 drivers to use
them.

Each conversion eliminates a per-driver unregister callback and the
associated devm_add_action_or_reset() call, reducing code by ~15 lines
per driver.

The implementation follows the established devres pattern used by other
device-managed kernel APIs.

Changes in v4:
- Patch 8: split the removal of unused
ghes_register_vendor_record_notifier() and
ghes_unregister_vendor_record_notifier() into a separate preceding
patch (Andy Shevchenko)

Changes in v3:
- Patch 1: drop devm_raw_notifier_chain_register() since raw notifiers
require caller-provided locking which is incompatible with the devres
teardown callback (Sashiko)
- Patch 12: fix commit message to accurately describe the old code as
using devres_alloc() + register_reboot_notifier() (Sashiko)

Changes in v2:
- Patch 1: drop 'extern' from new function prototypes (Bart Van Assche)
- Patch 1: fix kerneldoc to use 'Return:' format (Bart Van Assche)
- Patch 1: use <linux/device/devres.h> instead of <linux/device.h>
(Andy Shevchenko)
- Patch 8: also remove unused ghes_register_vendor_record_notifier() and
ghes_unregister_vendor_record_notifier() along with their exports and
ghes.h declarations (Jonathan Cameron)

Eliav Farber (13):
notifier: add device-managed registration APIs
pwm: iqs620a: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
iio: light: iqs621-als: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
iio: position: iqs624: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
gpio: adp5585: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
platform/x86: bitland-mifs-wmi: use
devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
Input: adp5585: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
ACPI: APEI: GHES: remove unused
ghes_{,un}register_vendor_record_notifier()
ACPI: APEI: GHES: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
platform/x86: uniwill-wmi: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
gpio: eic-sprd: use devm_atomic_notifier_chain_register()
gpio: gpiolib-kunit: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()
reboot: use devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register()

drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c | 27 +-----
drivers/gpio/gpio-adp5585.c | 20 +---
drivers/gpio/gpio-eic-sprd.c | 17 +---
drivers/gpio/gpiolib-kunit.c | 14 +--
drivers/iio/light/iqs621-als.c | 24 +----
drivers/iio/position/iqs624-pos.c | 24 +----
drivers/input/keyboard/adp5585-keys.c | 18 +---
drivers/platform/x86/bitland-mifs-wmi.c | 17 +---
drivers/platform/x86/uniwill/uniwill-wmi.c | 17 +---
drivers/pwm/pwm-iqs620a.c | 21 +----
include/acpi/ghes.h | 16 ----
include/linux/notifier.h | 7 ++
kernel/notifier.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++
kernel/reboot.c | 24 +----
14 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 209 deletions(-)

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