linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata

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Message-ID: <20100824051639.GA436@pengutronix.de>
Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:16:39 +0200
From:	Wolfram Sang <w.sang@...gutronix.de>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Daniel Mack <daniel@...aq.de>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	Hemanth V <hemanthv@...com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lrg@...mlogic.co.uk>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@...log.com>,
	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <p_gortmaker@...oo.com>,
	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	Roy Zang <tie-fei.zang@...escale.com>,
	Jingchang Lu <b22599@...escale.com>,
	Mingkai Hu <Mingkai.hu@...escale.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rtc-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: remove obsolete cleanup for clientdata

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 05:58:17PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:05, Wolfram Sang <wrote:
> > A few new i2c-drivers came into the kernel which clear the clientdata-pointer
> > on exit. This is obsolete meanwhile, so fix it and hope the word will spread.
> 
> on a related note, do we need to clear it when erroring at probe time
> ?  doesnt seem like that is necessary either ...

Correct, you don't have to. The core will do it.

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