linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 9/9] clk: Overwrite clk_hw::init with NULL during clk

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Message-Id: <20190814002529.795E620844@mail.kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 13 Aug 2019 17:25:28 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] clk: Overwrite clk_hw::init with NULL during clk_register()

Quoting Stephen Boyd (2019-07-31 12:35:17)
> We don't want clk provider drivers to use the init structure after clk
> registration time, but we leave a dangling reference to it by means of
> clk_hw::init. Let's overwrite the member with NULL during clk_register()
> so that this can't be used anymore after registration time.
> 
> Cc: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>
> Cc: Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
> ---

Applied to clk-next