linux-kernel - Re: [char-misc-next 07/11] mei: bus: Implement bus driver data setter/getter

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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:58:37 +0000
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [char-misc-next 07/11] mei: bus: Implement bus driver data setter/getter

On Thursday 07 February 2013, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 11:58:09PM +0100, Samuel Ortiz wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 10:38:44PM +0000, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > > On Thursday 07 February 2013, Tomas Winkler wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > +inline void *mei_bus_get_clientdata(const struct mei_bus_client *client)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       return dev_get_drvdata(&client->dev);
> > > > +}
> > > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mei_bus_get_clientdata);
> > > > +
> > > 
> > > Did you really mean to export an inline function?
> > > 
> > > Can you make this a static inline function in a header file instead?
> > Sure, will do.
> Actually, I'd like to keep the mei_bus_client structure opaque to the MEI bus
> drivers. So I'll still export those symbols without inlining them.

Ok, makes sense. I assume when you say "bus driver" you mean what other
subsystems call a "device driver".

	Arnd
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