linux-kernel - [PATCH] char: hwicap: Remove unnecessary dev_set

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Message-Id: <cc76bdcebecf567439c39f2bc907a79ba4768aa6.1380526104.git.michal.simek@xilinx.com>
Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:28:36 +0200
From:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>,
	Bill Pemberton <wfp5p@...ginia.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] char: hwicap: Remove unnecessary dev_set_drvdata()

Driver core clears the driver data to NULL after device_release
or on probe failure, so just remove it from here.

Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
---
 drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c
index 5224da5..aaf3234 100644
--- a/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c
+++ b/drivers/char/xilinx_hwicap/xilinx_hwicap.c
@@ -731,7 +731,6 @@ static int hwicap_remove(struct device *dev)
 	iounmap(drvdata->base_address);
 	release_mem_region(drvdata->mem_start, drvdata->mem_size);
 	kfree(drvdata);
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);

 	mutex_lock(&icap_sem);
 	probed_devices[MINOR(dev->devt)-XHWICAP_MINOR] = 0;
--
1.8.2.3


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