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Date:	Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:54:12 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>,
	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] video/backlight: Remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata

A few new i2c-drivers came into the kernel which clear the clientdata-pointer
on exit or error. This is obsolete meanwhile, the core will do it.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c |    2 --
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c
index 05a8832..71d90f4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adp8870_bl.c
@@ -932,7 +932,6 @@ out:
 out1:
 	backlight_device_unregister(bl);
 out2:
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(data);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -952,7 +951,6 @@ static int __devexit adp8870_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 			&adp8870_bl_attr_group);
 
 	backlight_device_unregister(data->bl);
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(data);
 
 	return 0;
-- 
1.7.5.4

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