netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: mvneta: remove bogus use of device

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:02:02 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: mvneta: remove bogus use of device_node.data ptr

Hello!

On 07/20/2017 05:27 PM, Rob Herring wrote:

> Nothing sets ever sets data, so it is always NULL. Remove it as this is

    "Sets" once is enough. :-)

> the only user of data ptr in the whole kernel, and it is going to be
> removed from struct device_node.
>
> Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
[...]

MBR, Sergei