linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Input: omap-keypad: Enable wakeup capability for keypad.

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:59:23 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	balbi@...com
Cc:	Illia Smyrnov <illia.smyrnov@...com>, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] Input: omap-keypad: Enable wakeup capability for keypad.

On Monday, July 29, 2013 10:13:24 PM Felipe Balbi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:59:45AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > > > @@ -439,12 +444,50 @@ static const struct of_device_id
> > > > omap_keypad_dt_match[] = {>
> > > > 
> > > >  MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, omap_keypad_dt_match);
> > > >  #endif
> > > > 
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
> > > > +static int omap4_keypad_suspend(struct device *dev)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
> > > 
> > > you don't need to access the platform_device...
> > > 
> > > > +	struct omap4_keypad *keypad_data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> > > 
> > > ... since this can become:
> > > 	struct omap4_keypad *keypad_data = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
> > 
> > No, please use correct accessors for the objects. Platform drivers deal
> > with platform devices and I prefer using platform_get_drvdata() on them.
> 
> The argument to this function is a struct device, you prefer to do some
> pointer math to find the containing pdev, then deref that back to dev,
> then to struct device_private and further to driver_data ?
> 
> Sounds like a waste of time IMHO. You already have the device pointer
> anyway, why would you go through the trouble of calculating the
> offsets for the containing struct platform_device ?

This assumes knowledge of dev_get_drvdata() implementation and assumption
that it will stay the same. Unless I hear from device core guys that
<bus>_{get|set}_drvdata() methods are obsolete and will be eventually
removed I will require proper accessors being used.

Thanks!

-- 
Dmitry
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