linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add driver for Moortec MR75203 PVT controller

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Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 17:53:57 +0800
From:   "Tanwar, Rahul" <rahul.tanwar@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>, jdelvare@...e.com,
        p.zabel@...gutronix.de, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, songjun.Wu@...el.com,
        cheol.yong.kim@...el.com, qi-ming.wu@...el.com,
        rtanwar@...linear.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add driver for Moortec MR75203 PVT controller



On 10/9/2020 5:46 pm, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 03:27:11PM +0800, Tanwar, Rahul wrote:
>> On 9/9/2020 11:05 pm, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> On 9/8/20 11:52 PM, Rahul Tanwar wrote:
> ...
>
>>>> +static int pvt_get_regmap(struct platform_device *pdev, char *reg_name)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
>>>> +	struct pvt_device *pvt = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
>>> I am quite at loss how this is supposed to work. Platform driver
>>> data is not initialized with a pointer to struct pvt_device at this point.
>>> How does this code not crash ? What am I missing ?
>> Big mistake on my part. Last minute change based on internal review feedback
>> about moving platform_set_drvdata() at the end of probe. I will fix it in v2.
>> Thanks.
> Since IIRC it was me who suggested this I should say that reviewer can make
> mistakes, on the other hand contributor should have had known their code to
> refuse certain changes.
>

Totally agree. Overlooked in a hasty change..

Regards,
Rahul