[PATCH 1/2] Input: gpio-keys: do not reference platform_data after .probe exits

[Dmitry Torokhov]

On Monday, July 18, 2011 10:15:27 AM Grant Likely wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Dmitry Torokhov
> 
> <dmitry.torokhov at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Monday, July 18, 2011 09:45:07 AM Shawn Guo wrote:
> >> The patch makes a copy of platform data into driver data, so that any
> >> reference to platform_data after .probe exits can be avoided.
> > 
> > And why is this beneficial? I am of the opinion that platform data
> > should stay on (and be accessed through a const pointer to ensure
> > that the driver will not alter it).
> 
> Because when using the device tree, there is no platform_data.
>

So allocate it... That's what Davids patch does. BTW, you never gave
ACK for the final version and I'd prefer to have it for the DT bindings.

Thanks.

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Dmitry