Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:15:10 +0100 | From | Wim Van Sebroeck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog_device in watchdog drivers |
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Hi Guenter,
> The 'dev' variable in watchdog drivers has a different lifetime than the > watchdog character device and should therefore not be used by watchdog > drivers. > > Some of the drivers use the variable to print kernel messages. Those > messages are either dropped or changed to use the parent device. > One driver sets the variable during initialization to the watchdog > driver's parent device, which is wrong and was removed. > > v2: Use parent device for dev_XXX messages instead of pr_XXX.
This patchset has been added to linux-watchdog-next.
Kind regards, Wim.
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