linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] iio: proximity: sx_common: Don't use IIO device for properties

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:34:46 -0700
From:   Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] iio: proximity: sx_common: Don't use IIO device
 for properties

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 3:01 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 02:47:45PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > It's not correct to use artificial device created by IIO core to
> > retrieve device properties. Even ->get_default_reg() callback
> > takes a simple struct device pointer which suggests it wants to
> > operate on the real device.
> >
> > Correct this by replacing pointer to IIO device by a real device
> > pointer in the caller of ->get_default_reg().
>
> Gwendal, any comments on this version?
We can also replace '&indio_dev->dev' with 'dev' when setting
ACPI_COMPANION_SET() in the probe routine.

Reviewed-by: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@...omium.org>
>
> --
> With Best Regards,
> Andy Shevchenko
>
>