linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/12] nvmem: set nvmem->owner to nvmem->dev->driver->owner if unset

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Message-ID: <af26f3ad-bbb4-686a-f9dd-258e8d163345@linaro.org>
Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 14:44:51 +0100
From:   Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] nvmem: set nvmem->owner to
 nvmem->dev->driver->owner if unset



On 20/10/17 14:38, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 03:26:34PM +0200, srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org wrote:
>> From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
>>
>> All nvmem drivers are supposed to set the owner field of struct
>> nvmem_config, but this matches nvmem->dev->driver->owner.
>>
>> As far as I see in drivers/nvmem/ directory, all the drivers are
>> the case.  So, make nvmem_register() set the nvmem's owner to the
>> associated driver's owner unless nvmem_config sets otherwise.
>>
>> Remove .owner settings in the drivers that are now redundant.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>
> 
> Patch does not apply :(
> 
Hmm.. I did base it on char-misc last time when I sent it..

Will rebase it and resend it!

thanks,
srini