Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:24:18 -0400 | From | Kyle McMartin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 56/64] parisc: remove driver_data direct access of struct device |
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:25:24AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:15:24AM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:46:45PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > In the near future, the driver core is going to not allow direct access > > > to the driver_data pointer in struct device. Instead, the functions > > > dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used. These functions > > > have been around since the beginning, so are backwards compatible with > > > all older kernel versions. > > > > > > Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org > > > Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> > > > > Acked-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> > > > > Do you want to push it along with the rest of them, or would you like me > > to apply it? > > This was sent a while ago, and is going to Linus right now. So if you > want to also add it to your tree, so that it is sure to not get lost, > that is fine with me :) >
Ah, it probably already was, but I've been so busy in the last month or two that I missed sending anything after .30-rc$early. (I only asked because Linus wasn't on the CC so I figured it was out for review again, or something.)
cheers, Kyle
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