Re: [PATCH] clk: Use a separate struct for holding init data.

From: Sascha Hauer
Date: Wed May 02 2012 - 06:11:51 EST


On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 11:02:25AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >
> > There is a mux->hw.init = &init missing here.
>
> What happens to mux->hw.init long term? Because once this function
> returns, that pointer will no longer be valid.

It's not used after clk_register, so everything should be fine.

> It would be a good
> idea to NULL it out in clk_register() once its done with, to ensure
> that no one comes up with the idea of using it later.

Enforcing this is a good idea.

Sascha

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