linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 62/62] watchdog: wm831x_wdt: Convert to use device managed functions

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Date:   Thu, 12 Jan 2017 10:04:28 +0000
From:   Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
CC:     Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>, <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 62/62] watchdog: wm831x_wdt: Convert to use device
 managed functions

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 06:09:16PM -0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Use device managed functions to simplify error handling, reduce
> source code size, improve readability, and reduce the likelyhood of bugs.
> 
> The conversion was done automatically with coccinelle using the
> following semantic patches. The semantic patches and the scripts used
> to generate this commit log are available at
> https://github.com/groeck/coccinelle-patches
> 
> - Replace 'goto l; ... l: return e;' with 'return e;'
> - Replace 'val = e; return val;' with 'return e;'
> - Drop assignments to otherwise unused variables
> - Replace 'if (e) { return expr; }' with 'if (e) return expr;'
> - Drop remove function
> - Drop platform_set_drvdata()
> - Use devm_watchdog_register_driver() to register watchdog device
> 
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---

Looks good to me:

Acked-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>

Thanks,
Charles