linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hvcs: remove driver_data direct access of struct device

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Date:	Tue, 5 May 2009 09:48:45 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hvcs: remove driver_data direct access of struct device

On Mon, 4 May 2009 12:58:01 -0700 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de> wrote:
>
> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
> 
> In the near future, the driver core is going to not allow direct access
> to the driver_data pointer in struct device.  Instead, the functions
> dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used.  These functions
> have been around since the beginning, so are backwards compatible with
> all older kernel versions.
> 
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Cc: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

Acked-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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