linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] backports: backport drvdata = NULL core driver fixes

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Date:	Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:08:21 -0700
From:	"Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...not-panic.com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	"backports@...r.kernel.org" <backports@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Felix Fietkau <nbd@...nwrt.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] backports: backport drvdata = NULL core driver fixes

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<mcgrof@...not-panic.com> wrote:
>> This is not a very good idea.  Although setting drvdata to NULL allowed
>> a lot of code to be removed, it also exposed a bunch of hidden bugs --
>> drivers were using the drvdata value even after their remove function
>> returned.
>
> Eek, have we not SmPL'ify'd a proof yet to ensure code like this no
> longer exists? Julia? :)

Come to think of it, perhaps we should require *proof* with SmPL like
this in future to avoid regressions ?

  Luis
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