linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] spi: xilinx: Remove .owner field for driver

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Message-ID: <20140813123343.GR17528@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 13 Aug 2014 13:33:43 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, monstr@...str.eu,
	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] spi: xilinx: Remove .owner field for driver

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 01:52:39PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> There is no need to init .owner field.
> 
> Based on the patch from Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@...aro.org>
> "mmc: remove .owner field for drivers using module_platform_driver"
> 
> This patch removes the superflous .owner field for drivers which
> use the module_platform_driver API, as this is overriden in
> platform_driver_register anyway."

Would it not be better to do this as a tree wide or at least subsystem
wide sweep with something like cocinelle?

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