linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: remove unneeded static set .owner field in platform

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Date:   Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:40:28 +0800
From:   zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
To:     <vaibhav.sr@...il.com>, <mgreer@...malcreek.com>,
        <johan@...nel.org>, <elder@...nel.org>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <matthias.bgg@...il.com>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: remove unneeded static set .owner field in platform_driver

platform_driver_register will set the .owner field. So it is safe
to remove the redundant assignment.

The issue is detected with the help of Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c    | 1 -
 drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c  | 1 -
 drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c | 1 -
 3 files changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
index 35acd55..08746c8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ static int gbaudio_codec_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver gbaudio_codec_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "apb-dummy-codec",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 		.pm = &gbaudio_codec_pm_ops,
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c
index 2c07b55..53767b1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c
@@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static int mt7621_gsw_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	.remove = mt7621_gsw_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "mt7621-gsw",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = mediatek_gsw_match,
 	},
 };
diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c
index 7135075..363d3c9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -2167,7 +2167,6 @@ static int mtk_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	.remove = mtk_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "mtk_soc_eth",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_mtk_match,
 	},
 };
-- 
1.7.12.4