linux-kernel - Re: private field in led

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Date:	Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:54:11 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lenz@...wisc.edu,
	rpurdie@...nedhand.com
Subject: Re: private field in led_classdev?

On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 03:31:12PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Would there be an objection to adding a void *private field to the
> led_classdev struct?  It would be a lot less burden for the input
> key board leds support for finding out the keyboard device from the
> brightness_set callback, as each device may have a long series of leds,
> not just a fixed number of them.

What's wrong with using the private pointer in the struct device
instead?  That's what it is there for.

thanks,

greg k-h
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