Re: [PATCH 01/30] staging: comedi: add pci_dev pointer to comedi_device

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 02:49:14PM -0700, H Hartley Sweeten wrote:
> The pci_dev pointer in the private driver data is used by every
> comedi pci driver. Some of them only have the need for the
> private data because of this pointer.
> 
> Introduce the pci_dev pointer in the comedi_device struct so it
> can be used instead of needing it in the private data.
> 
> Signed-off-by: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@visionengravers.com>
> Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
> index de8c99c..55f2373 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
> @@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ struct comedi_device {
>  	 * DMA_NONE */
>  	struct device *hw_dev;
>  
> +	struct pci_dev *pcidev;

No, the field above this, hw_dev, should be used instead here, as that's
what it is there for, right?

Care to rework this series with that change instead?

thanks,

greg k-h