Re: [PATCH v3 05/20] driver core: update kerneldoc for platform_device_alloc()
From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 03:51:13 EST
On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 18:05:29 +0200, Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 02:44:17PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
>> Users of platform_device_alloc() + platform_device_add() must not modify
>> certain fields of the dynamically created platform device object. Update
>> the kernel doc to say which fields are affected and which functions to
>> use.
>
> Consider using __private checker attribute for them as well. It will make
> sparse scream.
>
Sure but let's leave it for another series.
Bart