linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog

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Message-ID: <20151229000015.GA2346@roeck-us.net>
Date:	Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:00:15 -0800
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
Cc:	linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org,
	Damien Riegel <damien.riegel@...oirfairelinux.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog_device
 in watchdog drivers

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:15:10PM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
> 
> > The 'dev' variable in watchdog drivers has a different lifetime than the
> > watchdog character device and should therefore not be used by watchdog
> > drivers.
> > 
> > Some of the drivers use the variable to print kernel messages. Those
> > messages are either dropped or changed to use the parent device.
> > One driver sets the variable during initialization to the watchdog
> > driver's parent device, which is wrong and was removed.
> > 
> > v2: Use parent device for dev_XXX messages instead of pr_XXX.
> 
> This patchset has been added to linux-watchdog-next.
> 

Thanks!

Guenter
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