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Message-ID: <fb1cc561-926e-478d-a6ce-9d97fa0dd0e1@kadam.mountain>
Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2023 07:59:15 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     Andrei Coardos <aboutphysycs@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org, ac100@...ts.launchpad.net,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, marvin24@....de, alex@...uggie.ro
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: nvec: paz00: remove unneeded call to
 platform_set_drvdata()

On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 06:42:11PM +0300, Andrei Coardos wrote:
> This function call was found to be unnecessary as there is no equivalent
> platform_get_drvdata() call to access the private data of the driver. Also,
> the private data is defined in this driver, so there is no risk of it being
> accessed outside of this driver file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Coardos <aboutphysycs@...il.com>
> ---

I think you are right, but why are we doing this?  That one line is
hardly a huge eyesore.  It's all risk and no reward.

Have you tested this change on real hardware?

regards,
dan carpenter

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