Re: [PATCH v1] can: flexcan: Drop unused platform driver data

From: Vincent Mailhol

Date: Thu May 28 2026 - 07:02:33 EST


On 28/05/2026 at 11:45, Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) wrote:
> No function in the flexcan driver ever accesses the .driver_data member
> of its .id_table array as device_get_match_data() returns NULL for
> non-of platform devices. So drop that unused assignment.
>
> While touching that array, drop the trailing comma after the terminator
> entry.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Hello,
>
> I found this patch opportunity while working on a cleanup quest that has
> unifying platform_device_id arrays as first step.
>
> Best regards
> Uwe
> drivers/net/can/flexcan/flexcan-core.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/can/flexcan/flexcan-core.c b/drivers/net/can/flexcan/flexcan-core.c
> index f5d22c61503f..1871def90fe3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/can/flexcan/flexcan-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/can/flexcan/flexcan-core.c
> @@ -2077,10 +2077,9 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, flexcan_of_match);
> static const struct platform_device_id flexcan_id_table[] = {
> {
> .name = "flexcan-mcf5441x",
> - .driver_data = (kernel_ulong_t)&fsl_mcf5441x_devtype_data,

But now, fsl_mcf5441x_devtype_data becomes unused, right? Should this
also be dropped?

> }, {
> /* sentinel */
> - },
> + }> };
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(platform, flexcan_id_table);
>
>
> base-commit: e7d700e14934e68f86338c5610cf2ae76798b663


Yours sincerely,
Vincent Mailhol