linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.15 615/779] mfd: t7l66xb: Drop platform disable callback

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:28:30 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.15 615/779] mfd: t7l66xb: Drop platform disable callback

Hi!

On Mon 2022-08-15 20:04:19, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 128ac294e1b437cb8a7f2ff8ede1cde9082bddbe ]
> 
> None of the in-tree instantiations of struct t7l66xb_platform_data
> provides a disable callback. So better don't dereference this function
> pointer unconditionally. As there is no user, drop it completely instead
> of calling it conditional.
> 
> This is a preparation for making platform remove callbacks return void.

I'm not sure if we need this in stable; this does not really fix
anything, it is just a cleanup.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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