linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 12/62] watchdog: da9055_wdt: Convert to use device managed functions

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Message-ID: <2E89032DDAA8B9408CB92943514A03370142A77D22@SW-EX-MBX01.diasemi.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:58:09 +0000
From:   Adam Thomson <Adam.Thomson.Opensource@...semi.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@...ana.be>
CC:     "linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org" <linux-watchdog@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Support Opensource" <Support.Opensource@...semi.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 12/62] watchdog: da9055_wdt: Convert to use device
 managed functions

On 10 January 2017 23:34, 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;'
> - Drop assignments to otherwise unused variables
> - Drop remove function
> - Drop platform_set_drvdata()
> - Use devm_watchdog_register_driver() to register watchdog device
> 
> Cc: Support Opensource <support.opensource@...semi.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> ---

Acked-by: Adam Thomson <Adam.Thomson.Opensource@...semi.com>