From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 54/64] mips: remove driver_data direct access of struct device
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:25:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090616162550.GG26879@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090616093134.GA28585@linux-mips.org>
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:31:34AM +0100, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:46:43PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman 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-mips@linux-mips.org
> > Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
>
> Thanks, applied.
Heh, I sent this a while ago to you :)
This was the "here's what just got sent to Linus" series of patches.
thanks,
greg k-h
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2009-06-16 5:13 [GIT PATCH] driver core patches for 2.6.30-git Greg KH
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 01/64] driver core: set default SYSFS_DEPRECATED=n Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-24 15:02 ` Pavel Machek
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 02/64] sched: delayed cleanup of user_struct Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 03/64] Driver Core: Warn driver authors about adding device attributes Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 04/64] Sysfs: fix possible memleak in sysfs_follow_link Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 05/64] driver core: firmware_class: replace kfree(dev) with put_device(dev) Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 06/64] driver core: add BUS_NOTIFY_UNBOUND_DRIVER event Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 07/64] driver core: Const-correct platform getbyname functions Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 08/64] debugfs: dont stop on first failed recursive delete Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 09/64] Driver core: fix comment for device_attach() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:45 ` [PATCH 10/64] kobject: make kset_create check kobject_set_name return value Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 11/64] driver-core: make sysdev_class_register " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 12/64] debugfs: fix docbook error Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 13/64] driver core: synchronize device shutdown Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 14/64] kobject: samples: make SAMPLE_KOBJECT module-only Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 15/64] driver core: fix documentation of request_firmware_nowait Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 16/64] firmware: allocate firmware id dynamically Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 17/64] firmware: atm/ueagle-atm: prepare for FIRMWARE_NAME_MAX removal Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 18/64] firmware: tuners/xc2028: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 19/64] firmware: dvb/dvb-usb: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 20/64] firmware: pcmcia/ds: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 21/64] firmware: wireless/libertas: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 22/64] firmware: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 23/64] firmware: remove broken example files Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 24/64] driver core: fix gcc 4.3.3 warnings about string literals Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 25/64] Driver Core: add nodename callbacks Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 26/64] Driver Core: misc: add nodename support for misc devices Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 27/64] Driver Core: usb: add nodename support for usb drivers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 28/64] Driver Core: block: add nodename support for block drivers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 29/64] Driver Core: x86: add nodename for cpuid and msr drivers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 30/64] Driver Core: dvb: add nodename for dvb drivers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 31/64] Driver Core: input: add nodename for input drivers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 32/64] Driver Core: sound: add nodename for sound drivers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 33/64] Driver Core: raw: add nodename for raw devices Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 34/64] Driver Core: drm: add nodename for drm devices Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 35/64] Driver Core: aoe: add nodename for aoe devices Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 36/64] Driver Core: bsg: add nodename for bsg driver Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 37/64] eisa: remove driver_data direct access of struct device Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 38/64] firewire: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 39/64] ide: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 40/64] ieee1394: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 41/64] infiniband: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 42/64] input: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 43/64] media: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 44/64] mfd: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 45/64] PCIE: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 17:13 ` Jesse Barnes
2009-06-16 17:17 ` Greg KH
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 46/64] pcmcia: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 47/64] scsi: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 48/64] thermal: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 49/64] xen block: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 50/64] hvcs: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 51/64] ibmvscsi: gadget: at91_udc: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 52/64] infiniband: ehca: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 53/64] ipmi: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 54/64] mips: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 9:31 ` Ralf Baechle
2009-06-16 16:25 ` Greg KH [this message]
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 55/64] of_serial: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 56/64] parisc: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 15:15 ` Kyle McMartin
2009-06-16 16:25 ` Greg KH
2009-06-16 17:24 ` Kyle McMartin
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 57/64] parport: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 58/64] s390: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 59/64] block/ps3: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 60/64] uml: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 61/64] usb: gadget: at91_udc: " Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 62/64] xen: remove driver_data direct access of struct device from more drivers Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 63/64] debugfs: Fix terminology inconsistency of dir name to mount debugfs filesystem Greg Kroah-Hartman
2009-06-16 5:46 ` [PATCH 64/64] debugfs: use specified mode to possibly mark files read/write only Greg Kroah-Hartman
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