From: Danilo Krummrich Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 23:49:18 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Merge patch series "rust: auxiliary: replace drvdata() with registration data" X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8d3bea93f483cb8f92b9f85d1528268a6469af28;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git Merge patch series "rust: auxiliary: replace drvdata() with registration data" Danilo Krummrich says: When drvdata() was introduced in commit 6f61a2637abe ("rust: device: introduce Device::drvdata()"), its commit message already noted that a direct accessor to the driver's bus device private data is not commonly required -- bus callbacks provide access through &self, and other entry points (IRQs, workqueues, IOCTLs, etc.) carry their own private data. The sole motivation for drvdata() was inter-driver interaction, e.g. a parent driver deriving its bus device private data from the child driver via the auxiliary bus. However, drvdata() exposes the driver's bus device private data beyond the driver's own scope. This creates ordering constraints -- drvdata may not be set yet when the first caller of drvdata() can appear -- and forces the driver's bus device private data to outlive all registrations that access it; a requirement that causes unnecessary complications. Private data should be private to the entity that issues it; bus device private data belongs to bus callbacks, class device private data to class callbacks, IRQ private data to the IRQ handler, etc. This series replaces drvdata() with a dedicated registration_data pointer on struct auxiliary_device. The parent stores its private data explicitly during registration; the data is private to the registration and lives as long as the Registration object. On teardown, Registration::drop() first triggers auxiliary_device_delete() (unbinding the child), then frees the registration data. Ordering constraints are structural -- the child's lifecycle is scoped to the registration by construction, not by convention. With no remaining use case for drvdata(), drvdata(), match_type_id(), set_type_id() and struct driver_type are removed. This is a prerequisite for [1], which builds on the removal of drvdata() to enable Higher-Ranked Lifetime Types (HRT) for Rust device drivers. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/driver-core/20260427221155.2144848-1-dakr@kernel.org/ Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260505152400.3905096-1-dakr@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich --- 8d3bea93f483cb8f92b9f85d1528268a6469af28