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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:00:15 -0800 From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> To: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be> Cc: linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org, Damien Riegel <damien.riegel@...oirfairelinux.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog_device in watchdog drivers On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:15:10PM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > Hi Guenter, > > > The 'dev' variable in watchdog drivers has a different lifetime than the > > watchdog character device and should therefore not be used by watchdog > > drivers. > > > > Some of the drivers use the variable to print kernel messages. Those > > messages are either dropped or changed to use the parent device. > > One driver sets the variable during initialization to the watchdog > > driver's parent device, which is wrong and was removed. > > > > v2: Use parent device for dev_XXX messages instead of pr_XXX. > > This patchset has been added to linux-watchdog-next. > Thanks! Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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