linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 07/11] PCI: Replace pci_dev::driver usage that gets the driver name

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Date:   Wed, 29 Sep 2021 12:17:03 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
        Zhou Wang <wangzhou1@...ilicon.com>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Yisen Zhuang <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
        Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Vadym Kochan <vkochan@...vell.com>,
        Taras Chornyi <tchornyi@...vell.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>,
        Michael Buesch <m@...s.ch>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>,
        Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@...com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...igine.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 07/11] PCI: Replace pci_dev::driver usage that gets
 the driver name

On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 10:53:02AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> struct pci_dev::driver holds (apart from a constant offset) the same
> data as struct pci_dev::dev->driver. With the goal to remove struct
> pci_dev::driver to get rid of data duplication replace getting the
> driver name by dev_driver_string() which implicitly makes use of struct
> pci_dev::dev->driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/hisilicon/qm.c                        | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c   | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/prestera/prestera_pci.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c            | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c | 3 ++-
>  5 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Thanks Uwe.

For NFP:

Acked-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>