Re: [PATCH 0/9] net: simplify getting .driver_data

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Mon Oct 22 2018 - 13:06:01 EST


On 10/21/18 1:00 PM, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> I got tired of fixing this in Renesas drivers manually, so I took the big
> hammer. Remove this cumbersome code pattern which got copy-pasted too much
> already:
>
> - struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
> - struct ep93xx_keypad *keypad = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
> + struct ep93xx_keypad *keypad = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
>
> A branch, tested by buildbot, can be found here:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wsa/linux.git coccinelle/get_drvdata
>
> I have been asked if it couldn't be done for dev_set_drvdata as well. I checked
> it and did not find one occasion where it could be simplified like this. Not
> much of a surprise because driver_data is usually set in probe() functions
> which access struct platform_device in many other ways.
>
> I am open for other comments, suggestions, too, of course.

Would it make sense to annotate platform_get_drvdata() with __deprecated
or something like that to prevent further uses by driver authors?

Do you mind submitting the cocci-script to the maintainers of the
coccinelle scripts that way it can be included and run by automated
tools? Thanks!

>
> Here is the cocci-script I created:
>
> @@
> struct device* d;
> identifier pdev;
> expression *ptr;
> @@
> (
> - struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(d);
> |
> - struct platform_device *pdev;
> ...
> - pdev = to_platform_device(d);
> )
> <... when != pdev
> - &pdev->dev
> + d
> ...>
>
> ptr =
> - platform_get_drvdata(pdev)
> + dev_get_drvdata(d)
>
> <... when != pdev
> - &pdev->dev
> + d
> ...>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Wolfram
>
>
> Wolfram Sang (9):
> net: dsa: bcm_sf2: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: dsa: qca8k: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: ethernet: cadence: macb_main: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: ethernet: davicom: dm9000: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: ethernet: smsc: smc91x: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: ethernet: ti: cpsw: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: ethernet: ti: davinci_emac: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: ethernet: wiznet: w5300: simplify getting .driver_data
> net: phy: mdio-mux-bcm-iproc: simplify getting .driver_data
>
> drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb_main.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/net/ethernet/davicom/dm9000.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.c | 3 +--
> drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/net/ethernet/wiznet/w5300.c | 6 ++----
> drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-bcm-iproc.c | 6 ++----
> 9 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
>


--
Florian