Re: [PATCH v2] drivers/gpio : Remove redundant platform_set_drvdata().

From: Linus Walleij
Date: Sun Mar 19 2023 - 17:20:58 EST


On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 1:02 PM Lizhe <sensor1010@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> platform_set_drvdata() is redundant in these functions.
> the purpose of calling this function is to place data
> in *driver_data. but the data is not retrieved in these
> functions
>
> Signed-off-by: Lizhe <sensor1010@xxxxxxx>

You have to also ascertain that the data is not used elsewhere
like in some callbacks or even in other drivers in some odd cases.

Yours,
Linus Walleij