linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpu: drm: bridge: No need to set device

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Date:   Tue, 16 May 2023 10:25:26 +0200
From:   Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>
To:     Inki Dae <inki.dae@...sung.com>,
        Jagan Teki <jagan@...rulasolutions.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@...el.com>,
        Robert Foss <rfoss@...nel.org>,
        Laurent Pinchart <Laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>,
        Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@...il.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Anup Sharma <anupnewsmail@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpu: drm: bridge: No need to set device_driver owner

Hi,

On Sat, 13 May 2023 15:42:17 +0530, Anup Sharma wrote:
> There is no need to exclusively set the .owner member of the struct
> device_driver when defining the platform_driver struct. The Linux core
> takes care of setting the .owner member as part of the call to
> module_platform_driver() helper function.
> 
> Issue identified using the platform_no_drv_owner.cocci Coccinelle
> semantic patch as:
> drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/samsung-dsim.c:1957:6-11: No need to set .owner here.
> The core will do it.
> 
> [...]

Thanks, Applied to https://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/drm/drm-misc.git (drm-misc-next)

[1/1] gpu: drm: bridge: No need to set device_driver owner
      https://cgit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc/commit/?id=728cb3f061e2b3a002fd76d91c2449b1497b6640

-- 
Neil