linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] spi: qup: Remove .owner field for driver

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Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:09:18 +0200
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Kiran Padwal <kiran.padwal@...rtplayin.com>
Cc:	linux-spi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] spi: qup: Remove .owner field for driver

On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 01:12:08PM +0530, Kiran Padwal 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 superfluous .owner field for drivers which
> use the module_platform_driver API, as this is overridden in
> platform_driver_register anyway."

Two problems:
 - I'm missing patches 1 and 2.
 - This only changes one driver but essentially every SPI driver
   initializes .owner - why is only thi sone driver being changed?

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