[PATCH v2 01/12] notifier: add device-managed registration APIs

Eliav Farber <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:56:55 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-pwm,org.kernel.vger.linux-acpi,org.kernel.vger.linux-gpio,org.kernel.vger.linux-iio,org.kernel.vger.linux-input,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.platform-driver-x86
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Add devm_atomic_notifier_chain_register(),
devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register(), and
devm_raw_notifier_chain_register() that automatically unregister the
notifier when the device is unbound.

Many drivers repeat the same boilerplate pattern:

  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

With the new devm_*_notifier_chain_register() APIs, this reduces to a
single call with one error path, eliminating per-driver unregister
callbacks entirely.

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

Signed-off-by: Eliav Farber <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop 'extern' from new function prototypes (Bart Van Assche)
- Fix kerneldoc to use 'Return:' format (Bart Van Assche)
- Use <linux/device/devres.h> instead of <linux/device.h> (Andy Shevchenko)

 include/linux/notifier.h |  10 +++
 kernel/notifier.c        | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 164 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/notifier.h b/include/linux/notifier.h
index 01b6c9d9956f..ccac9382478c 100644
--- a/include/linux/notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/notifier.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
  * often but notifier_blocks will seldom be removed.
  */
 
+struct device;
 struct notifier_block;
 
 typedef	int (*notifier_fn_t)(struct notifier_block *nb,
@@ -145,10 +146,19 @@ extern void srcu_init_notifier_head(struct srcu_notifier_head *nh);
 
 extern int atomic_notifier_chain_register(struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
 		struct notifier_block *nb);
+int devm_atomic_notifier_chain_register(struct device *dev,
+		struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
+		struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int blocking_notifier_chain_register(struct blocking_notifier_head *nh,
 		struct notifier_block *nb);
+int devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register(struct device *dev,
+		struct blocking_notifier_head *nh,
+		struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int raw_notifier_chain_register(struct raw_notifier_head *nh,
 		struct notifier_block *nb);
+int devm_raw_notifier_chain_register(struct device *dev,
+		struct raw_notifier_head *nh,
+		struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int srcu_notifier_chain_register(struct srcu_notifier_head *nh,
 		struct notifier_block *nb);
 
diff --git a/kernel/notifier.c b/kernel/notifier.c
index 2f9fe7c30287..d8c82b237586 100644
--- a/kernel/notifier.c
+++ b/kernel/notifier.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#include <linux/device/devres.h>
 #include <linux/kdebug.h>
 #include <linux/kprobes.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
@@ -197,6 +198,56 @@ int atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(atomic_notifier_chain_unregister);
 
+struct atomic_notifier_chain_devres {
+	struct atomic_notifier_head *nh;
+	struct notifier_block *nb;
+};
+
+static void devm_atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+	struct atomic_notifier_chain_devres *dr = res;
+
+	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(dr->nh, dr->nb);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	devm_atomic_notifier_chain_register - Device-managed atomic notifier registration
+ *	@dev: Device to tie the notifier lifetime to
+ *	@nh: Pointer to head of the atomic notifier chain
+ *	@n: New entry in notifier chain
+ *
+ *	Adds a notifier to an atomic notifier chain and registers a cleanup
+ *	action to automatically unregister it when @dev is unbound.
+ *
+ *	Return:
+ *	0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+int devm_atomic_notifier_chain_register(struct device *dev,
+					struct atomic_notifier_head *nh,
+					struct notifier_block *n)
+{
+	struct atomic_notifier_chain_devres *dr;
+	int ret;
+
+	dr = devres_alloc(devm_atomic_notifier_chain_unregister,
+			  sizeof(*dr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = atomic_notifier_chain_register(nh, n);
+	if (ret) {
+		devres_free(dr);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	dr->nh = nh;
+	dr->nb = n;
+	devres_add(dev, dr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_atomic_notifier_chain_register);
+
 /**
  *	atomic_notifier_call_chain - Call functions in an atomic notifier chain
  *	@nh: Pointer to head of the atomic notifier chain
@@ -349,6 +400,58 @@ int blocking_notifier_call_chain_robust(struct blocking_notifier_head *nh,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(blocking_notifier_call_chain_robust);
 
+struct blocking_notifier_chain_devres {
+	struct blocking_notifier_head *nh;
+	struct notifier_block *nb;
+};
+
+static void devm_blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(struct device *dev,
+						    void *res)
+{
+	struct blocking_notifier_chain_devres *dr = res;
+
+	blocking_notifier_chain_unregister(dr->nh, dr->nb);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register - Device-managed blocking notifier registration
+ *	@dev: Device to tie the notifier lifetime to
+ *	@nh: Pointer to head of the blocking notifier chain
+ *	@n: New entry in notifier chain
+ *
+ *	Adds a notifier to a blocking notifier chain and registers a cleanup
+ *	action to automatically unregister it when @dev is unbound.
+ *	Must be called in process context.
+ *
+ *	Return:
+ *	0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+int devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register(struct device *dev,
+					  struct blocking_notifier_head *nh,
+					  struct notifier_block *n)
+{
+	struct blocking_notifier_chain_devres *dr;
+	int ret;
+
+	dr = devres_alloc(devm_blocking_notifier_chain_unregister,
+			  sizeof(*dr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = blocking_notifier_chain_register(nh, n);
+	if (ret) {
+		devres_free(dr);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	dr->nh = nh;
+	dr->nb = n;
+	devres_add(dev, dr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_blocking_notifier_chain_register);
+
 /**
  *	blocking_notifier_call_chain - Call functions in a blocking notifier chain
  *	@nh: Pointer to head of the blocking notifier chain
@@ -430,6 +533,57 @@ int raw_notifier_call_chain_robust(struct raw_notifier_head *nh,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(raw_notifier_call_chain_robust);
 
+struct raw_notifier_chain_devres {
+	struct raw_notifier_head *nh;
+	struct notifier_block *nb;
+};
+
+static void devm_raw_notifier_chain_unregister(struct device *dev, void *res)
+{
+	struct raw_notifier_chain_devres *dr = res;
+
+	raw_notifier_chain_unregister(dr->nh, dr->nb);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	devm_raw_notifier_chain_register - Device-managed raw notifier registration
+ *	@dev: Device to tie the notifier lifetime to
+ *	@nh: Pointer to head of the raw notifier chain
+ *	@n: New entry in notifier chain
+ *
+ *	Adds a notifier to a raw notifier chain and registers a cleanup
+ *	action to automatically unregister it when @dev is unbound.
+ *	All locking must be provided by the caller.
+ *
+ *	Return:
+ *	0 on success, negative errno on error.
+ */
+int devm_raw_notifier_chain_register(struct device *dev,
+				     struct raw_notifier_head *nh,
+				     struct notifier_block *n)
+{
+	struct raw_notifier_chain_devres *dr;
+	int ret;
+
+	dr = devres_alloc(devm_raw_notifier_chain_unregister,
+			  sizeof(*dr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dr)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = raw_notifier_chain_register(nh, n);
+	if (ret) {
+		devres_free(dr);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	dr->nh = nh;
+	dr->nb = n;
+	devres_add(dev, dr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_raw_notifier_chain_register);
+
 /**
  *	raw_notifier_call_chain - Call functions in a raw notifier chain
  *	@nh: Pointer to head of the raw notifier chain
-- 
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