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SubjectRE: [PATCH] watchdog: davinci_wdt: update to devm_* API
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 09:49:27, Nori, Sekhar wrote:
> On 2/8/2013 8:05 AM, Kumar, Anil wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 23:20:48, Nori, Sekhar wrote:
> >> On 2/7/2013 9:02 AM, Kumar, Anil wrote:
>
> >>> Update the code to use devm_* API so that driver
> >>> core will manage resources.
>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Kumar, Anil <anilkumar.v@ti.com>
>
> >>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/davinci_wdt.c
>
> >>> @@ -201,10 +200,10 @@ static struct miscdevice davinci_wdt_miscdev = {
> >>>
> >>> static int davinci_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >>> {
> >>> - int ret = 0, size;
> >>> - struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
> >>
> >> Its not clear why you had to drop use of this variable?
> >
> > Actually, I have not found any particular need to take pointer
> > into dev and then use in the code. Rather we can directly use.
>
> No, it is good enough as-is. It will help rid your patch of unnecessary
> changes and its not really convenient to to keep reading &pdev->dev all
> the time.
>

Ok

Thanks,
Anil

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