Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:15:10 +0100
From: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Cc: linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org,
        Damien Riegel <damien.riegel@savoirfairelinux.com>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] watchdog: Do not use 'dev' from watchdog_device in watchdog drivers
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Hi Guenter,

> 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
> messages are either dropped or changed to use the parent device.
> One driver sets the variable during initialization to the watchdog
> driver's parent device, which is wrong and was removed.
> 
> v2: Use parent device for dev_XXX messages instead of pr_XXX.

This patchset has been added to linux-watchdog-next.

Kind regards,
Wim.

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