Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752840AbbLXFLj (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:11:39 -0500 Received: from bh-25.webhostbox.net ([208.91.199.152]:35471 "EHLO bh-25.webhostbox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752599AbbLXFLh (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Dec 2015 00:11:37 -0500 From: Guenter Roeck To: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck , Damien Riegel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Guenter Roeck Subject: [PATCH 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog_device in watchdog drivers Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 21:11:28 -0800 Message-Id: <1450933893-7761-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.4 X-Authenticated_sender: guenter@roeck-us.net X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - bh-25.webhostbox.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - roeck-us.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: bh-25.webhostbox.net: authenticated_id: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Authenticated-Sender: bh-25.webhostbox.net: guenter@roeck-us.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 646 Lines: 13 The 'dev' variable in watchdog drivers has a different lifetime than the watchdog character device and should therefore not be used by watchdog drivers. Some of the drivers use the variable to print kernel messages. Those are either dropped or converted to use pr_ functions. One driver sets the variable during initialization to the watchdog driver's parent device, which is wrong and also removed. -- 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/