Re: [PATCH] iio:dac:max517: Use devm_iio_device_register()

[Mugilraj D]

On 14/03/21 4:37 pm, Alexandru Ardelean wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 11:34 AM Mugilraj Dhavachelvan
> <dmugil2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Use devm_iio_device_register() to avoid remove function and
>> drop explicit call to iio_device_unregister().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mugilraj Dhavachelvan <dmugil2000@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/iio/dac/max517.c | 9 +--------
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/dac/max517.c b/drivers/iio/dac/max517.c
>> index 7e01838ef4d0..5f72f126162d 100644
>> --- a/drivers/iio/dac/max517.c
>> +++ b/drivers/iio/dac/max517.c
>> @@ -189,13 +189,7 @@ static int max517_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>>                         data->vref_mv[chan] = platform_data->vref_mv[chan];
>>         }
>>
>> -       return iio_device_register(indio_dev);
>> -}
>> -
> 
> In this case you can also remove the line with
>      i2c_set_clientdata(client, indio_dev);
> 
> A lot of times, when functions like i2c_get_clientdata() get removed,
> the i2c_set_clientdata() function becomes useless.
> i.e. it stores some data that will never be used in the lifetime of the driver.
> 
> It isn't always the case that you can do that; so, some care must be
> taken to avoid special cases.
> But in this case, you can remove the i2c_set_clientdata() call.
> 
Ack, I'll send that in a while. I should send with [V2] tag right.
> 
>> -static int max517_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
>> -{
>> -       iio_device_unregister(i2c_get_clientdata(client));
>> -       return 0;
>> +       return devm_iio_device_register(&client->dev, indio_dev);
>>  }
>>
>>  static const struct i2c_device_id max517_id[] = {
>> @@ -214,7 +208,6 @@ static struct i2c_driver max517_driver = {
>>                 .pm     = &max517_pm_ops,
>>         },
>>         .probe          = max517_probe,
>> -       .remove         = max517_remove,
>>         .id_table       = max517_id,
>>  };
>>  module_i2c_driver(max517_driver);
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>