linux-kernel - Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] aoa: remove driver

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Message-ID: <s5heiut1rqk.wl%tiwai@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 13 May 2009 07:44:51 +0200
From:	Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
To:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>, johannes@...solutions.net,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, alsa-devel@...a-project.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [alsa-devel] [PATCH] aoa: remove driver_data direct access of	struct device

At Tue, 12 May 2009 16:05:14 -0700,
Greg KH wrote:
> 
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 09:23:47AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > At Mon, 11 May 2009 23:57:43 -0700,
> > Greg KH wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 08:40:05AM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> > > > At Mon, 11 May 2009 21:54:51 +0200,
> > > > Roel Kluin wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > To avoid direct access to the driver_data pointer in struct device, the
> > > > > functions dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
> > > > 
> > > > The same fix has been already in Greg's tree (and thus in linux-next).
> > > > 
> > > > Greg, is it OK that I take over your patch to sound git tree?
> > > 
> > > Yes, please do, no objection from me at all.
> > 
> > OK, will do.
> > 
> > BTW, should it be pushed to 2.6.30?  If "the near future" you
> > mentioned in the patch means 2.6.31, it'll be better to merge that fix
> > now.  Otherwise, I'm going to apply the patch as a 2.6.31 material.
> 
> .31 is fine, that is what I was meaning by with "near future" :)

OK, thanks!


Takashi
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