Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] iio: temperature: ltc2983: Use local device pointer consistently

[Liviu Stan <liviu.stan@analog.com>]

On Sat, 16 May 2026 17:46:00 +0100 Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 May 2026 17:46:49 +0300
> Liviu Stan <liviu.stan@analog.com> wrote:
> 
> > Some functions define a local 'dev' pointer but still use bare
> > '&st->spi->dev' in some code paths, and some don't have it at all.
> > Replace all bare references with the local pointer for consistency.
> > 
> > Fixes: f110f3188e5639c81c457b2b831d40dfe3891bdb ("iio: temperature: Add support for LTC2983")
> > Signed-off-by: Liviu Stan <liviu.stan@analog.com>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - New patch.
> > 
> >  drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
> >  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > index a292274e6ff0..e74ea4f87ec9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/temperature/ltc2983.c
> > @@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ static int __ltc2983_chan_assign_common(struct ltc2983_data *st,
> >  					const struct ltc2983_sensor *sensor,
> >  					u32 chan_val)
> >  {
> > +	struct device *dev = &st->spi->dev;
> 
> Why would you do that if no users in the function?  Bring it in when it is
> useful only. Note sashiko also spotted this..
> 
> Seems that you missed a dev_dbg() call that should have used it just after this.
> (that I didn't know but sashiko called it out ;)
> 
> 
> Again, a patch by patch build would almost certainly have thrown a warning on this.
> 

You're right, I missed the dev_dbg() change and placed it in patch 7 by
mistake. I apologize for this, will change in v3 and do patch by patch builds
from now.

Thanks,
Liviu