Re: [PATCH 45/64] PCIE: remove driver_data direct access of structdevice

[Jesse Barnes]

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:46:34 -0700
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx> 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-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c
> b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c index e399825..13ffdc3 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/portdrv_core.c
> @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static void pcie_device_init(struct pci_dev
> *parent, struct pcie_device *dev, memset(device, 0, sizeof(struct
> device)); device->bus = &pcie_port_bus_type;
>  	device->driver = NULL;
> -	device->driver_data = NULL;
> +	dev_set_drvdata(device, NULL);
>  	device->release = release_pcie_device;	/* callback to
> free pcie dev */ dev_set_name(device, "%s:pcie%02x",
>  		 pci_name(parent), get_descriptor_id(port_type,
> service_type));

Looks like I already have this one in my linux-next branch, but I think
Linus will handle any conflict that arises if this ends up coming from
both of us.

Thanks,
-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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