Re: [PWM v6 1/3] PWM: Implement a generic PWM framework

From: Bill Gatliff
Date: Wed Mar 09 2011 - 12:05:31 EST


On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>> +     if (IS_ERR(p->dev)) {
>> +             ret = PTR_ERR(p->dev);
>> +             goto err_device_create;
>> +     }
> I think it would be better to embedd the device struct directly into the
> pwm_device struct. You could also remove the data field of the pwm_device
> struct and use dev_{get,set}_drvdata for pwm_{get,set}_drvdata.

In theory I agree with you, but it would take away my ability to do
things like device_create_vargs() and thereby make my code a bit more
complicated and error prone. Do you think the advantages outweigh the
disadvantages?


b.g.
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