linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: Remove all platform_set

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Date:	Fri, 3 May 2013 14:19:08 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...ics.com>
Cc:	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...aro.org>,
	Milo Kim <milo.kim@...com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: Remove all platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL)
 in drivers

On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 08:46:10PM +0800, Axel Lin wrote:
> Since 0998d06310 "device-core: Ensure drvdata = NULL when no driver is bound",
> this is done by driver core after device_release or on probe failure.
> Thus we can remove all platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL) in drivers.

Applied, but note that this is nothing to do with the above commit - it
has always been a bug for drivers to rely on drvdata except while bound
so any driver that relied on clearing it was buggy.

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