netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mlx4: remove unnecessary pci_set

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Message-ID: <20170815071336.GL24282@mtr-leonro.local>
Date:   Tue, 15 Aug 2017 10:13:36 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
To:     Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@...cle.com>
Cc:     saeedm@...lanox.com, matanb@...lanox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, yuval.shaia@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mlx4: remove unnecessary pci_set_drvdata()

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 02:33:05AM -0400, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
> The driver core clears the driver data to NULL after device_release
> or on probe failure. Thus, it is not necessary to manually clear the
> device driver data to NULL.
>

It makes sense and I'm pretty sure that you are right, but I'm failing
to find the function in device core which sets it to NULL. Can you help
me and present the actual call stack to that code place?

Thanks,

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