linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH] vfio: Drop owner assignment from platform

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Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 15:49:09 -0700
From:	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>
To:	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
Cc:	Baptiste Reynal <b.reynal@...tualopensystems.com>,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] vfio: Drop owner assignment from platform_driver

On Thu, 2015-11-19 at 13:00 +0900, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> platform_driver does not need to set an owner because
> platform_driver_register() will set it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>
> Acked-by: Baptiste Reynal <b.reynal@...tualopensystems.com>
> 
> ---

Oops, sorry I dropped it.  Since it's a fix, I'll queue it for 4.4.
Thanks,

Alex


> 
> The coccinelle script which generated the patch was sent here:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2029903.html
> ---
>  drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform.c b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform.c
> index f1625dcfbb23..b1cc3a768784 100644
> --- a/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/vfio/platform/vfio_platform.c
> @@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ static struct platform_driver vfio_platform_driver = {
>  	.remove		= vfio_platform_remove,
>  	.driver	= {
>  		.name	= "vfio-platform",
> -		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
>  	},
>  };
>  



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