Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760248AbZFPRY1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:24:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756631AbZFPRYS (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:24:18 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:40700 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755211AbZFPRYS (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:24:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:24:18 -0400 From: Kyle McMartin To: Greg KH Cc: Kyle McMartin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Helge Deller Subject: Re: [PATCH 56/64] parisc: remove driver_data direct access of struct device Message-ID: <20090616172418.GB15952@bombadil.infradead.org> References: <20090616051351.GA23627@kroah.com> <1245131213-24168-56-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> <20090616151524.GA15952@bombadil.infradead.org> <20090616162524.GF26879@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090616162524.GF26879@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1495 Lines: 34 On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 09:25:24AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:15:24AM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 10:46:45PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > In the near future, the driver core is going to not allow direct access > > > to the driver_data pointer in struct device. Instead, the functions > > > dev_get_drvdata() and dev_set_drvdata() should be used. These functions > > > have been around since the beginning, so are backwards compatible with > > > all older kernel versions. > > > > > > Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org > > > Cc: Helge Deller > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > > > Acked-by: Kyle McMartin > > > > Do you want to push it along with the rest of them, or would you like me > > to apply it? > > This was sent a while ago, and is going to Linus right now. So if you > want to also add it to your tree, so that it is sure to not get lost, > that is fine with me :) > Ah, it probably already was, but I've been so busy in the last month or two that I missed sending anything after .30-rc$early. (I only asked because Linus wasn't on the CC so I figured it was out for review again, or something.) cheers, Kyle -- 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/