linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gpio: exar: remove unneeded platform_set

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Message-ID: <CAMRc=MfEtGRk4A4YDgGvd2Fsv8GtH02kAix57TaFcbcDk0HEZw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 29 Jul 2023 16:05:01 +0200
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Andrei Coardos <aboutphysycs@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        andy@...nel.org, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        Alexandru Ardelean <alex@...uggie.ro>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gpio: exar: remove unneeded platform_set_drvdata() call

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 11:41 AM Andrei Coardos <aboutphysycs@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The platform_set_drvdata() was needed when the driver had an explicit
> remove function.
> That function got removed a while back, so we don't need to keep a pointer
> (on 'dev->driver_data') for the private data of the driver anymore.
>
> Reviewed-by: Alexandru Ardelean <alex@...uggie.ro>
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Coardos <aboutphysycs@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c
> index df1bdaae441c..5170fe7599cd 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-exar.c
> @@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ static int gpio_exar_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>         if (ret)
>                 return ret;
>
> -       platform_set_drvdata(pdev, exar_gpio);
> -
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>

Applied, thanks!

Bart