linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: arm-charlcd: remove unnecessary platform_set

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Message-ID: <CACRpkda_ca3FyPORzH+HQUAPfghkM12YUomj01uep=d=vQhmHQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 May 2013 22:02:13 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] misc: arm-charlcd: remove unnecessary platform_set_drvdata()

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 7:32 AM, Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com> wrote:

> The driver core clears the driver data to NULL after device_release
> or on probe failure, since commit 0998d0631001288a5974afc0b2a5f568bcdecb4d
> (device-core: Ensure drvdata = NULL when no driver is bound).
> Thus, it is not needed to manually clear the device driver data to NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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