Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751909AbaJLO0A (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:26:00 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:37560 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751159AbaJLOZ6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:25:58 -0400 Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 16:24:55 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Wolfram Sang Cc: Arnd Bergmann , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, Russell King - ARM Linux , kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cocci@systeme.lip6.fr Subject: Re: [RFC] drop owner assignment from platform_drivers Message-ID: <20141012142455.GC21479@kroah.com> References: <20141010072439.GA1741@katana> <20141010083627.GL5182@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> <20141010182604.GC6075@katana> <2769473.KEN6DZKnT7@wuerfel> <20141011165650.GA1263@katana> <20141011205527.GA30877@kroah.com> <20141012055146.GA1310@katana> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141012055146.GA1310@katana> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 07:51:46AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote: > > > I missed the one code path you pointed out, and that should be fixed, > > but that doesn't mean that the original patch should be reverted, as it > > is the way we want things to be, let's just fix up the bug and move on. > > OK, that is a clear statement. > > So, what is your opinion on the original cleanup series removing > unnecessary '.owner = THIS_MODULE' lines in drivers? Helpful? Noise? Helpful, please do it. I can take it all through my driver-core tree if you want, that might make things easier for others. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/