netdev - Re: [PATCH 22/52] net: e100: remove unnecessary pci_set

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Date:	Wed, 11 Sep 2013 01:39:51 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Cc:	"'David S. Miller'" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	'Aaron Brown' <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/52] net: e100: remove unnecessary pci_set_drvdata()

On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 16:45 +0900, Jingoo Han wrote:
> The driver core clears the driver data to NULL after device_release
> or on probe failure. Thus, it is not needed to manually clear the
> device driver data to NULL.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e100.c |    2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

While I do not find anything wrong with this patch, I personally like
good housekeeping so I would like to keep the code as is.  Is there a
reason for this patch?

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