linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] aoa: remove driver

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2009 09:23:47 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>, johannes@...solutions.net,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] aoa: remove driver_data direct access of	struct device

At Mon, 11 May 2009 23:57:43 -0700,
Greg KH wrote:
> 
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 08:40:05AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Mon, 11 May 2009 21:54:51 +0200,
> > Roel Kluin wrote:
> > > 
> > > To avoid direct access to the driver_data pointer in struct device, the
> > > functions dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
> > 
> > The same fix has been already in Greg's tree (and thus in linux-next).
> > 
> > Greg, is it OK that I take over your patch to sound git tree?
> 
> Yes, please do, no objection from me at all.

OK, will do.

BTW, should it be pushed to 2.6.30?  If "the near future" you
mentioned in the patch means 2.6.31, it'll be better to merge that fix
now.  Otherwise, I'm going to apply the patch as a 2.6.31 material.


thanks,

Takashi
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