linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: phy: smsc: Fix disabling energy detect mode

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jan 2016 18:11:49 +0100
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Teresa Remmet <t.remmet@...tec.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: smsc: Fix disabling energy detect mode

> +static void smsc_phy_remove(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +	struct device *dev = &phydev->mdio.dev;
> +	bool *priv = phydev->priv;
> +
> +	if (priv)
> +		devm_kfree(dev, priv);
> +}

Not needed, since this is the devm_ API.

>From a stylistic point of view, it might be better to define a
structure with a single member. It is what people expect a priv to be.
It keeps the maintenance burden lower if you do things in the normal
way.

    Andrew