Re: [PATCH 32/90] staging: comedi: amplc_pc236: store the pci_devin the comedi_device

[Ian Abbott]

On 2012-07-19 02:39, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> Use the hw_dev pointer in the comedi_device struct to hold the
> pci_dev instead of carrying it in the private data.
>
> Since the pci_dev is no longer held in the provate data, we can
> also cleanup the detach a bit. Remove the IS_ENABLED() tests in
> the detach. If the pci_dev is non NULL it's a PCI device otherwise
> it's an ISA device. Using IS_ENABLED() to omit the code paths
> makes the code a bit confusing and doesn't save much.

The detach() routine should really check thisboard->bustype for 
robustness, as NULL hw_dev doesn't necessarily mean its a PCI device. 
The original code should have checked thisboard->bustype too although it 
works by accident because dev->iobase is 0.

--
-=( Ian Abbott @ MEV Ltd.    E-mail: <abbotti@xxxxxxxxx>        )=-
-=( Tel: +44 (0)161 477 1898   FAX: +44 (0)161 718 3587         )=-
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/