Hi Grant, On Tue, 2012-12-04 at 14:56 +0000, Grant Likely wrote: > Instead of clearing the pointer only in the spi code, perhaps the > checks should be in really_probe() and __device_release_driver() so it > covers all bus types. Also, don't clear the pointer. Just use > dev_err() to report on the driver bug so that it gets fixed properly.
I agree with you. I just figured out that on 2012-05-23, Hans de Goede added a patch (0998d063) to enforce drvdata to be NULL after device_release or on probe failure. Good to know. Thanks, Vivien -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
