linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ARM: ep93xx: Avoid soc_device_to

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Date:   Tue, 12 Nov 2019 06:36:19 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
Cc:     Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: ep93xx: Avoid soc_device_to_device()

On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 11:37:22PM +0100, Andreas Färber wrote:
> ep93xx_init_soc() uses soc_device_to_device() to return a device
> to ep93xx_init_devices(), where it is passed on to its callers,
> who all ignore the return value. As this helper is deprecated,
> change the return type of ep93xx_init_devices() to void and
> have ep93xx_init_soc() return the soc_device instead.
> 
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Färber <afaerber@...e.de>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/core.c     | 12 ++++--------
>  arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/platform.h |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>