[PATCH v5 4/4] driver core: platform: set mod_name in driver registration

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 07:20:00PM +0900, Shashank Balaji wrote:
> Pass KBUILD_MODNAME through the driver registration macro so that
> the driver core can create the module symlink in sysfs for built-in
> drivers, and fixup all callers.
> 
> The Rust platform adapter is updated to pass the module name through to the new
> parameter.
> 
> Tested on qemu with:
> - x86 defconfig + CONFIG_RUST
> - arm64 defconfig + CONFIG_RUST + CONFIG_CORESIGHT stuff
> 
> Examples after this patch:
> 
>     /sys/bus/platform/drivers/...
>         coresight-itnoc/module		-> coresight_tnoc
>         coresight-static-tpdm/module	-> coresight_tpdm
>         coresight-catu-platform/module	-> coresight_catu
>         serial8250/module		-> 8250
>         acpi-ged/module			-> acpi
>         vmclock/module			-> ptp_vmclock
> 
> Co-developed-by: Rahul Bukte <rahul.bukte at sony.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Bukte <rahul.bukte at sony.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shashank Balaji <shashank.mahadasyam at sony.com>
> ---
> This patch depends on patches 1, 2, 3
> ---
>  Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst |  3 ++-
>  drivers/base/platform.c                            | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c       |  5 +++--
>  include/linux/coresight.h                          |  5 +++--
>  include/linux/platform_device.h                    | 17 +++++++++--------
>  rust/kernel/platform.rs                            |  4 +++-
>  6 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst
> index cf5ff48d3115..9673470bded2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/platform.rst
> @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ Kernel modules can be composed of several platform drivers. The platform core
>  provides helpers to register and unregister an array of drivers::
>  
>  	int __platform_register_drivers(struct platform_driver * const *drivers,
> -				      unsigned int count, struct module *owner);
> +				      unsigned int count, struct module *owner,
> +				      const char *mod_name);

Why can't you just use the owner->name value instead?  They are always
the same here, right?

thanks,

greg k-h