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From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:00:25 +0300
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] IIO: st_accel_i2c.c: Simplify access to driver data
To:     Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de>
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On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Nikolaus Voss
<nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 8:41 AM, Nikolaus Voss
>> <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Use device_get_match_data API to simplify access to driver data.
>>
>>
>> ..._data()
>>
>> But. You actually don't use it below.

> It is used, see below.

I meant the API call you mentioned in the commit message is not used
in this version and below you agree to use it eventually.

>>> Let acpi_device_id table entries point to the same driver data as
>>> of_device_id table entries and uniquify access to driver data by using
>>> device_get_match_data API.
>>
>>
>>>  #include <linux/acpi.h>
>>>  #include <linux/i2c.h>
>>>  #include <linux/iio/iio.h>
>>
>>
>>> +#include <linux/of_device.h>
>>
>>
>> (linux/property.h)
>>
>>> +       match = of_device_get_match_data(&client->dev);
>>> +       if (!match)
>>> +               match = acpi_device_get_match_data(&client->dev);
>>
>>
>> What I meant is to simply call
>>
>> match = device_get_match_data(...);
>
>
> Ok, this works, thank you. I will prepare a new patch version.
>
> This is where the match data is used:
>
>>
>>> +       if (match)
>>> +               strlcpy(client->name, match, sizeof(client->name));

> In this driver, match data is used to map DT compatible strings/ ACPI CIDs
> to the key strings (.._ACCEL_DEV_NAME) which are used to identify the actual
> device (and are also used in i2c_device_id table).

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko