Re: [PATCH 1/2] i2c: cadence: Remove .owner field for driver

[Michal Simek]

On 09/20/2014 11:11 AM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 01:56:51PM +0200, Michal Simek wrote:
>> There is no need to init .owner field.
>>
>> Based on the patch from Peter Griffin <peter.griffin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> "mmc: remove .owner field for drivers using module_platform_driver"
								     ^
this shouldn't be there.

>>
>> This patch removes the superflous .owner field for drivers which
> 
> It says drivers, but does only one...

I have c&p this from Peter's description that's why there are just drivers.

> 
>> use the module_platform_driver API, as this is overriden in
>> platform_driver_register anyway."
> 
> ... so: any interest in doing this for the whole subsystem? Basically
> good catch, though.

Mark was also interested about doing this for spi. Doing this for the whole
kernel will be the best. coccinelle script
is good option I have never played with it.

Thanks,
Michal

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