Re: [PATCH] staging: remove unneeded static set .owner field in platform_driver

From: Vaibhav Agarwal
Date: Wed Sep 12 2018 - 01:59:50 EST


On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 9:22 AM zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> platform_driver_register will set the .owner field. So it is safe
> to remove the redundant assignment.
>
> The issue is detected with the help of Coccinelle.
>
> Signed-off-by: zhong jiang <zhongjiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c | 1 -
> drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c | 1 -
> drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c | 1 -
> 3 files changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
> index 35acd55..08746c8 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
> @@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ static int gbaudio_codec_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> static struct platform_driver gbaudio_codec_driver = {
> .driver = {
> .name = "apb-dummy-codec",
> - .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> #ifdef CONFIG_PM
> .pm = &gbaudio_codec_pm_ops,
> #endif
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c
> index 2c07b55..53767b1 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/gsw_mt7621.c
> @@ -286,7 +286,6 @@ static int mt7621_gsw_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> .remove = mt7621_gsw_remove,
> .driver = {
> .name = "mt7621-gsw",
> - .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .of_match_table = mediatek_gsw_match,
> },
> };
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c
> index 7135075..363d3c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-eth/mtk_eth_soc.c
> @@ -2167,7 +2167,6 @@ static int mtk_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
> .remove = mtk_remove,
> .driver = {
> .name = "mtk_soc_eth",
> - .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> .of_match_table = of_mtk_match,
> },
> };
> --
> 1.7.12.4
>

Acked-by: Vaibhav Agarwal <vaibhav.sr@xxxxxxxxx>