On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 2:10 PM Pawel Zalewski (The Capable Hub) <[email protected]> wrote: > > This series is converting lists that contain the acpi_device_id > struct, which is defined in the include/linux/device-id/acpi.h > to makes use of named initializers (which they do not use currently). > This work is part of the on going effort in the kernel associated > with device-ids [1] > > The plan is to convert acpi_device_id::driver_data to have an anonymous > union, similarly to what was introduced for PCI and I2C device ID tables. > The goal is to increase type-safety (as most of the existing casts are gone), > to improve readability and to make use intent a bit more clear: > > ``` > union { > kernel_ulong_t driver_data; > const void *driver_data_ptr; > } > ``` > > But for that to work all lists containing the structs need to use named > initializers first. I already have patches that implement this and touching > a lot of kernel subsystmes that use the acpi_device_id struct and that list > keeps on growing. Therefore, I have decided to split the series per every > subsystem into: > - pre-clean-ups that convert the lists to use named initializers > - actual implementations that make some of the modules use the new > driver_data_ptr > > That way the task can be fragmented into manageable and independent > chunks of work and makes this effort easier to review. > > Tested builds on arm64 and x86-64 in Yocto on 7.2-rc5 > > [1] > https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ > > Signed-off-by: Pawel Zalewski (The Capable Hub) > <[email protected]> > --- > Pawel Zalewski (The Capable Hub) (9): > ACPI: use a named initializer for acpi_device_id > ACPI: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data > ACPI: pci: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data > ACPI: ghes-nvidia: use a named initializer for acpi_device_id::id > ACPI: amba: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data > ACPI: dptf: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data > ACPI: nfit: core: drop unused assignment of acpi_device_id::driver_data > ACPI: x86: use a named initializer for acpi_device_id::id > ACPI: use a named initializer for acpi_device_id::id > > drivers/acpi/ac.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/acpi_apd.c | 42 ++-- > drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/acpi_platform.c | 13 +- > drivers/acpi/acpi_pnp.c | 514 > +++++++++++++++++++------------------- > drivers/acpi/acpi_processor.c | 8 +- > drivers/acpi/acpi_tad.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/acpi_video.c | 2 +- > drivers/acpi/apei/ghes-nvidia.c | 2 +- > drivers/acpi/arm64/amba.c | 6 +- > drivers/acpi/battery.c | 8 +- > drivers/acpi/button.c | 12 +- > drivers/acpi/container.c | 8 +- > drivers/acpi/dptf/dptf_pch_fivr.c | 14 +- > drivers/acpi/dptf/dptf_power.c | 38 +-- > drivers/acpi/ec.c | 6 +- > drivers/acpi/evged.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/fan_core.c | 2 +- > drivers/acpi/hed.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/pci_link.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/pci_root.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/pfr_telemetry.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/pfr_update.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c | 6 +- > drivers/acpi/sbs.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/sbshc.c | 6 +- > drivers/acpi/scan.c | 46 ++-- > drivers/acpi/thermal.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/tiny-power-button.c | 6 +- > drivers/acpi/video_detect.c | 4 +- > drivers/acpi/x86/cmos_rtc.c | 2 +- > drivers/acpi/x86/lpss.c | 54 ++-- > drivers/acpi/x86/s2idle.c | 14 +- > drivers/acpi/x86/utils.c | 16 +- > include/linux/acpi.h | 8 +- > 37 files changed, 443 insertions(+), 446 deletions(-) > ---
So we can talk about this after 7.3-rc1 is out. Thanks!
