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

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Message-ID: <20140816152144.GT28623@sirena.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 16 Aug 2014 16:21:44 +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 03:21:29PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
> On 08/13/2014 02:33 PM, Mark Brown wrote:

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

> Feel free to use cocinelle for fixing this everywhere.
> For me was just easier to fix all xilinx drivers to ensure
> that none else will copy it for new drivers.

I'd expect people would be more likely to copy a random driver for the
subsystem they're working with than specifically a Xilinx driver...

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