Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Dec 2015 16:00:15 -0800 | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog_device in watchdog drivers |
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On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 11:15:10PM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote: > 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. >
Thanks!
Guenter
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