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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 04:28:28PM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com> wrote:
> 
> > Replace the open coded registration of the cdev and dev with the
> > new device_add_cdev() helper. The helper replaces a common pattern by
> > taking the proper reference against the parent device and adding both
> > the cdev and the device.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> 
> Please inform me if you plan to merge this into the device core
> tree or similar, or whether I should apply it for like v4.13 after merging
> the core patch or so.

I'll take this through my tree, no need to bother you with it.

thanks,

greg k-h