linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: Only unregister platform devices allocated by the mfd core

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:20:27 +0100
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com,
	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mfd: Only unregister platform devices allocated by
 the mfd core

Hi Charles,

On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 04:15:28PM +0000, Charles Keepax wrote:
> mfd_remove_devices would iterate over all devices sharing a parent with
> an mfd device regardless of whether they were allocated by the mfd core
> or not. This especially caused problems when the device structure was
> not contained within a platform_device, because to_platform_device is
> used on each device pointer.
> 
> This patch defines a device_type for mfd devices and checks this is
> present from mfd_remove_devices_fn before processing the device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c |   15 +++++++++++++--
>  1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Thanks a lot, patch applied to my for-next branch.

Cheers,
Samuel.

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