linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: ulpi: Automatically set driver::owner with ulpi_driver

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:06:27 +0300
From:	Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Stephen Boyd <stephen.boyd@...aro.org>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: ulpi: Automatically set driver::owner with
 ulpi_driver_register()

On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 10:38:21PM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Let's follow other driver registration functions and
> automatically set the driver's owner member to THIS_MODULE when
> ulpi_driver_register() is called. This allows ulpi driver writers
> to forget about this boiler plate detail and avoids common bugs
> in the process.
> 
> Cc: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>


Thanks,

-- 
heikki