linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] iio: adc: ad7476: Limit the scope of the chip

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Message-ID: <CAHp75VeMwqxU9JaE6vb6xMffCTyAU2tevASduOWdgk3YMikPQA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 23:12:30 +0200
From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@...il.com>
Cc: Matti Vaittinen <matti.vaittinen@...rohmeurope.com>, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, 
	Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, 
	David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>, Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@...log.com>, 
	Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>, Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, 
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] iio: adc: ad7476: Limit the scope of the chip_info

On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM Matti Vaittinen
<mazziesaccount@...il.com> wrote:
>
> The chip_info structure is not required to be accessed after probe.
>
> Remove the chip_info pointer from the driver data to reduce the scope
> and to make driver clearer.

the driver

clearer or cleaner? I think you want the latter...

...

Not sure how the future of the development of this driver will look
like, but it might be this patch will be reverted if one wants
something else from chip_info to have a longer lifetime.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko